{"id":"CVE-2026-118232","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-118232"],"related":[],"title":"Windows: out-of-bounds read lets a local user gain higher privileges","description":"Out-of-bounds read in Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.","summary":"Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform, a Windows graphics component, has an out-of-bounds read that lets an authorized local user elevate privileges. An attacker who already has a local account can gain higher system rights.","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["infrastructure","windows"],"not_affected_if":[],"how_to_check":null,"fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-10T19:19:41+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T19:24:51+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-10T19:30:04+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-10T19:30:04+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-10T19:30:04Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"local","title":"Windows: out-of-bounds read lets a local user gain higher privileges","impact":"high","summary":"Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform, a Windows graphics component, has an out-of-bounds read that lets an authorized local user elevate privileges. An attacker who already has a local account can gain higher system rights.","audience":"businesses","category":"infrastructure","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["windows"],"confidence":0.5,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"local user gains administrator or system privileges on the machine","analyst_note":"Find the affected Windows builds and the Microsoft update that fixes CVE-2026-118232 via the NVD entry or Microsoft's security update guide.","how_to_check":"- unknown","plain_action":"","product_name":"Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":[],"who_is_affected":"Affects Windows systems where a user already has a local account on the machine; the sources do not name affected builds. Exposure is local only, so systems with no untrusted local users carry less risk. unknown","user_interaction":"unknown","product_ecosystem":"vendor","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000676,"input_tokens":4501,"output_tokens":452,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":"queued","analyst_note":"Find the affected Windows builds and the Microsoft update that fixes CVE-2026-118232 via the NVD entry or Microsoft's security update guide.","search":"'-118232':16A,19A '-2026':15A,18A 'account':56B 'advanc':27B,69C 'advanced':21A 'allow':72C 'alreadi':52B 'attack':50B,75C 'author':44B,74C 'bound':5A,39B,65C 'compon':33B 'cve':14A,17A 'elev':47B,77C 'gain':11A,58B 'graphic':32B 'higher':12A,59B 'infrastructur':24B 'let':7A,42B 'local':9A,45B,55B,79C 'out-of-bound':2A,36B,62C 'platform':23A,29B,71C 'privileg':13A,48B,78C 'raster':28B,70C 'rasterization':22A 'read':6A,40B,66C 'right':61B 'system':60B 'user':10A,46B 'window':1A,25B,26B,31B,68C 'windows':20A","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Affects Windows systems where a user already has a local account on the machine; the sources do not name affected builds. Exposure is local only, so systems with no untrusted local users carry less risk. unknown","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"none","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":["advancedrasterizationplatform","windowsadvancedrasterizationplatform"],"ptokens":["advanced","platform","rasterization","windows"],"labels":["high","infrastructure","vendor","windows"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-118232':16A,19A '-2026':15A,18A 'advanced':21A 'bound':5A 'cve':14A,17A 'gain':11A 'higher':12A 'let':7A 'local':9A 'out-of-bound':2A 'platform':23A 'privileg':13A 'rasterization':22A 'read':6A 'user':10A 'window':1A 'windows':20A","search_b":"'account':56B 'advanc':27B 'alreadi':52B 'attack':50B 'author':44B 'bound':39B 'compon':33B 'elev':47B 'gain':58B 'graphic':32B 'higher':59B 'infrastructur':24B 'let':42B 'local':45B,55B 'out-of-bound':36B 'platform':29B 'privileg':48B 'raster':28B 'read':40B 'right':61B 'system':60B 'user':46B 'window':25B,26B,31B","search_c":"'advanc':69C 'allow':72C 'attack':75C 'author':74C 'bound':65C 'elev':77C 'local':79C 'out-of-bound':62C 'platform':71C 'privileg':78C 'raster':70C 'read':66C 'window':68C","cause_entry":null,"cause_path":null,"disclosures_checked_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-10T19:19:41+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"secure@microsoft.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-118232","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118232","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-10T19:19:41+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-10T19:19:41+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T19:24:51+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-10T19:24:51+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"disclosures":[],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. For higher limits or API access: sales@infrastack.ai"}