CVE-2026-83681: CWE-1390: Weak Authentication in Microsoft Microsoft PowerToys
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MediumPublished: 10/13/2026 (10/13/2026, 18:59:48 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Microsoft
Product: Microsoft PowerToys
Description
Weak authentication in Microsoft PowerToys allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected software
Microsoft
Microsoft PowerToys
Affected versions
>=0.1 <0.101.2632.0
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-31T22:35:53.585Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83681","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6ace84fe2cdf04f6569f2492
Added to database: 10/13/2026, 19:22:38 UTC
Last updated: 10/13/2026, 19:51:06 UTC
Views: 1
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