CVE-2026-95894
A NVD · · CVE-2026-95894
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 contains no information about active exploitation or attacker TTPs and does not go beyond the pure CVE description.
Description
CVE-2026-95894 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Task Scheduler. An attacker with authorized local access can thereby elevate privileges. The vulnerability affects Windows systems where the Task Scheduler is active. At the time of the report, there is no information about active exploitation, a public proof-of-concept, or inclusion in the CISA KEV list. A patch from Microsoft is available.
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 a heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Task Scheduler to execute arbitrary code with higher privileges, achieving local privilege escalation. | high | llm |