CVE-2026-96046
A NVD · · CVE-2026-96046
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 only the NVD short description of a local Windows Installer vulnerability and provides no indication of active exploitation, affected versions, or new attack techniques.
Description
CVE-2026-96046 affects Windows Installer and describes a use-after-free vulnerability. An authorized attacker can exploit it locally to elevate privileges. The NVD description provides no details on attack vectors beyond local execution and no information about active exploitation or an exploit. It is a single vulnerability in Microsoft Windows; the report does not include affected versions or patch status.
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