CVE-2026-96016
A NVD · · CVE-2026-96016
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 report only provides the CVE brief description of a local LSASS privilege escalation; there is no indication of active exploitation, PoC, or attack campaign.
Description
CVE-2026-96016 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). An attacker with existing privileges can exploit the vulnerability locally to elevate privileges. The NVD description provides no details on exploitability, public PoC, or active exploitation in the wild. The affected component is the Windows LSASS service; the report provides no further information on affected versions or patch status.
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
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
1 TTPProcedure details
| Technique | Tactic | Procedure | Conf. | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation | Privilege Escalation | An attacker with local access exploits CVE-2026-96016, a heap-based buffer overflow in Windows LSASS, to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, likely gaining SYSTEM-level access. | high | llm |