---
id: "CVE-2026-96088"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-96088"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-96088"]
title: "Windows Connected User Experiences and Telemetry: race condition allows local privilege escalation"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.0
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["infrastructure", "local-accounts", "privilege-escalation", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["no-local-untrusted-users"]
published_at: "2026-11-10T19:22:07+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T19:25:30+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T19:52:54+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96088", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T19:25:30+00:00"}, {"source": "analyst", "url": null, "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T19:52:54+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Windows Connected User Experiences and Telemetry: race condition allows local privilege escalation

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-96088 (this .md is for agents)

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.

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

## 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.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T19:25:30+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96088
- 2026-11-10T19:52:54+00:00 analyst — 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.

## From the sources

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.

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