PT-2026-32740 · Microsoft · Windows

Hart Wilson · Published 2026-04-14 · Updated 2026-04-25 · CVE-2026-26162

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description A type confusion issue in Windows OLE allows an authorized attacker to access resources using an incompatible type, which can lead to local privilege escalation.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Type Confusion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-843

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-05485

CVE-2026-26162

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26162 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-05485 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2026-26162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26162 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-26162 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2045112992262762541 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/giuseppe_1337/status/2047834294601555981 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2045114836917350709 · Twitter Post