Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-112762 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-112762 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-112762?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows Print Spooler.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-112762?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-112762 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-112762?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Windows Print Spooler. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A relative path traversal vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler Components allows an authenticated or unauthenticated network attacker to execute code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability stems from improper path validation in the spooler service, which fails to properly sanitize relative paths. Successful exploitation grants the attacker system-level access.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Print Spooler
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed