CVE-2026-96973
A NVD · · CVE-2026-96973
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 documents a local privilege escalation in Windows EFS.
Description
CVE-2026-96973 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Encrypting File System (EFS). An attacker with local access and valid credentials can thereby elevate privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability affects Windows systems with EFS functionality; the NVD entry does not state a CVSS score or further exploitation details. There are currently no indications of active exploitation or a public exploit. The entry describes no attack vectors beyond local access.
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