CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-85879

7.0 HIGH Published 2026-10-13 Modified 2026-10-29 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-10-13
Last modified
2026-10-29
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-367

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows subsystem for linux (>= 2.0.0 < 2.7.10)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition weakness

References