CVE-2026-68821: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft App Installer
Improper privilege management in Windows Package Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-68821) in Microsoft App Installer is classified under CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management). It enables a local attacker with some authorization to escalate their privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3, indicating high severity, with impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access than intended. This can lead to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the patch provided in the Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-68821 as soon as possible to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-68821: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in Microsoft App Installer
Description
Improper privilege management in Windows Package Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.3high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-68821) in Microsoft App Installer is classified under CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management). It enables a local attacker with some authorization to escalate their privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3, indicating high severity, with impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access than intended. This can lead to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the patch provided in the Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-68821 as soon as possible to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-31T16:41:44.244Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-68821","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a7b583abf8831d539156701
Added to database: 08/11/2026, 17:13:30 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 17:44:11 UTC
Last updated: 08/12/2026, 00:12:10 UTC
Views: 3
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