---
id: "CVE-2026-40626"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-40626"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-40626"]
title: "Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows: search path lets local user escalate privileges"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["intel-bluetooth", "vendor", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["no-intel-bluetooth-software"]
published_at: "2026-11-10T18:17:38+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T18:22:57+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T18:25:13+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40626", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T18:22:57+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows: search path lets local user escalate privileges

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-40626 (this .md is for agents)

Some Intel Wireless Bluetooth software for Windows loads code from an uncontrolled search path when run from a user application. A local user with an account can use this to gain higher privileges on the machine.

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

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T18:22:57+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40626

## From the sources

Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) software for Windows within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires active user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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