CVE-2026-95951
A NVD · · CVE-2026-95951
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 no indication of active exploitation, public exploits, or an attack campaign beyond the patch information.
Description
CVE-2026-95951 is a heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Installer. An attacker with local privileges can use it to elevate privileges on the affected system. The NVD entry provides no details on affected Windows versions, exploitation prerequisites, or possible chaining with other vulnerabilities. The alert contains no indication of active exploitation, CISA KEV inclusion, or a public proof-of-concept.
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 authorized attacker exploits a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Windows Installer to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, thereby escalating their local privileges. | high | llm |