CVE-2026-96155
A NVD · · CVE-2026-96155
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
- 7.0
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The report contains no indication of active exploitation or new attack techniques; it merely confirms a local privilege escalation in the Windows Audio Service.
Description
CVE-2026-96155 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Audio Service. An authorized attacker can exploit it locally to elevate privileges on an affected Windows system. The vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows and requires existing local access; remote exploitation is not described. There is no indication of active exploitation, KEV inclusion, or a public proof of concept.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 70.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 70.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 0.75
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational