CVE-2026-32162: CWE-349: Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves Windows COM in Windows 10 Version 1809 improperly accepting extraneous untrusted data combined with trusted data, which can be exploited by a local attacker to elevate privileges. The CVSS v3.1 score is 8.4, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability as detailed in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An unauthorized local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges on the affected Windows 10 Version 1809 system. This elevation of privilege can lead to full control over the affected system, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as soon as possible to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32162 for the patch and update instructions.
CVE-2026-32162: CWE-349: Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Description
Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.4high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves Windows COM in Windows 10 Version 1809 improperly accepting extraneous untrusted data combined with trusted data, which can be exploited by a local attacker to elevate privileges. The CVSS v3.1 score is 8.4, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability as detailed in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An unauthorized local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges on the affected Windows 10 Version 1809 system. This elevation of privilege can lead to full control over the affected system, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as soon as possible to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32162 for the patch and update instructions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-10T23:09:43.265Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32162","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a3082d89c981fd6bc92
Added to database: 04/14/2026, 17:32:32 UTC
Last enriched: 06/19/2026, 17:07:53 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 114
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