CVE-2026-119954
A NVD · · CVE-2026-119954
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The NVD entry provides only the CVE description and no indication of active exploitation, affected sectors, or specific attack techniques.
Description
CVE-2026-119954 describes an absolute path traversal in the Microsoft Windows Search Component. An attacker must already have authorized local access to elevate privileges via the vulnerability. The NVD entry contains no indication of active exploitation, KEV listing, or public proof of concept. Windows systems with the search component are affected; the CVE description does not provide further details on patch availability or impact.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 78.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 78.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 0.75
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational