{"id":"CVE-2026-96088","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-96088"],"related":[],"title":"Windows Connected User Experiences and Telemetry: race condition allows local privilege escalation","description":"Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Connected User Experiences and Telemetry allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.","summary":"A race condition in the Windows Connected User Experiences and Telemetry component lets an authorized local user gain higher privileges. An attacker needs a local account on the machine, and the sources give no further detail.","severity":"high","cvss":7.0,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["infrastructure","local-accounts","privilege-escalation","windows"],"not_affected_if":["no-local-untrusted-users"],"how_to_check":"unknown: look up CVE-2026-96088 in the Microsoft Security Update Guide for the affected Windows builds and KB number, then compare against winver or Get-HotFix on each machine.","fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-10T19:22:07+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T19:25:30+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-10T19:49:22+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-10T19:52:54+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.4,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-10T19:49:22Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"local","title":"Windows Connected User Experiences and Telemetry: race condition allows local privilege escalation","impact":"high","summary":"A race condition in the Windows Connected User Experiences and Telemetry component lets an authorized local user gain higher privileges. 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The sources do not say which Windows versions or configurations are affected, so unknown.","user_interaction":"no","product_ecosystem":"","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000653,"input_tokens":4510,"output_tokens":404,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Check the Microsoft security update guide entry for CVE-2026-96088 for affected Windows builds and the patch.","search":"'-2026':14A,17A '-96088':15A,18A 'account':22B,52B 'allow':9A,80C 'attack':48B,83C 'author':41B,82C 'compon':38B 'concurr':63C 'condit':8A,29B,72C 'connect':2A,33B,75C 'cve':13A,16A 'detail':62B 'elev':85C 'escal':12A,25B 'execut':64C 'experi':4A,35B,77C 'gain':44B 'give':59B 'higher':45B 'improp':69C 'infrastructur':19B 'let':39B 'local':10A,21B,42B,51B,87C 'local-account':20B 'machin':55B 'need':49B 'privileg':11A,24B,46B,86C 'privilege-escal':23B 'race':7A,28B,71C 'resourc':67C 'share':66C 'sourc':58B 'synchron':70C 'telemetri':6A,37B,79C 'use':65C 'user':3A,34B,43B,76C 'window':1A,26B,32B,74C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Windows machines where an attacker or untrusted user already has a local account. The flaw is a race condition in the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry component that can raise a local user's privileges. Affected builds are not yet confirmed. Systems with no untrusted local users face lower risk.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"none","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["high","infrastructure","localaccounts","privilegeescalation","windows"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-2026':14A,17A '-96088':15A,18A 'allow':9A 'condit':8A 'connect':2A 'cve':13A,16A 'escal':12A 'experi':4A 'local':10A 'privileg':11A 'race':7A 'telemetri':6A 'user':3A 'window':1A","search_b":"'account':22B,52B 'attack':48B 'author':41B 'compon':38B 'condit':29B 'connect':33B 'detail':62B 'escal':25B 'experi':35B 'gain':44B 'give':59B 'higher':45B 'infrastructur':19B 'let':39B 'local':21B,42B,51B 'local-account':20B 'machin':55B 'need':49B 'privileg':24B,46B 'privilege-escal':23B 'race':28B 'sourc':58B 'telemetri':37B 'user':34B,43B 'window':26B,32B","search_c":"'allow':80C 'attack':83C 'author':82C 'concurr':63C 'condit':72C 'connect':75C 'elev':85C 'execut':64C 'experi':77C 'improp':69C 'local':87C 'privileg':86C 'race':71C 'resourc':67C 'share':66C 'synchron':70C 'telemetri':79C 'use':65C 'user':76C 'window':74C","cause_entry":null,"cause_path":null,"disclosures_checked_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-10T19:22:07+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"secure@microsoft.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-96088","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96088","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-10T19:22:07+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-10T19:22:07+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T19:25:30+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-10T19:25:30+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-96088:2572","url":null,"severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-10T19:52:54+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-10T19:52:54+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T19:52:54+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-10T19:52:54+00:00","note":"MSRC page is JavaScript-only and returned no text; NVD page empty; no third-party write-up found. Affected builds, KB and fix could not be read from a primary source, so nothing is verified. Settle it by opening the MSRC Security Update Guide entry in a browser and reading the Windows build table."}],"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"}