CVE-2026-62708: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-62708) involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows Kernel on Windows 11 Version 24H2 (build 10.0.26100.0). Exploitation requires physical access and can lead to privilege escalation. The CVSS vector indicates that the attack vector is physical (AV:P), requires high attack complexity (AC:H), no privileges (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity (C:H/I:H/A:H). Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with physical access to a vulnerable Windows 11 Version 24H2 system can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher-level system access. This could compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62708 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-62708: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Description
Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.4medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-62708) involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows Kernel on Windows 11 Version 24H2 (build 10.0.26100.0). Exploitation requires physical access and can lead to privilege escalation. The CVSS vector indicates that the attack vector is physical (AV:P), requires high attack complexity (AC:H), no privileges (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity (C:H/I:H/A:H). Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with physical access to a vulnerable Windows 11 Version 24H2 system can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher-level system access. This could compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62708 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-14T20:56:21.891Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62708","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a7b580cbf8831d539155a52
Added to database: 08/11/2026, 17:12:44 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 22:27:21 UTC
Last updated: 08/12/2026, 00:12:10 UTC
Views: 3
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