---
id: "CVE-2026-105524"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-105524"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-105524"]
title: "Windows Management Instrumentation: weak authentication lets a local user gain higher privileges"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["enterprise-endpoints", "infrastructure", "windows", "wmi"]
not_affected_if: ["no-local-untrusted-users"]
published_at: "2026-11-10T19:17:51+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T19:24:17+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T19:42:37+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105524", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T19:24:17+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Windows Management Instrumentation: weak authentication lets a local user gain higher privileges

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-105524 (this .md is for agents)

Windows Management Instrumentation has weak authentication that lets an already-authorized local attacker elevate their privileges. The attacker gets the rights of a more powerful account on the same machine.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Confirm the Windows build with `winver` and compare it against Microsoft's security update guide entry for CVE-2026-105524
- Check Windows Update history for the monthly cumulative update that lists this CVE

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T19:24:17+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105524

## From the sources

Weak authentication in Windows Management Instrumentation allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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