Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-112814 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-112814 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-112814?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-112814?
- 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-2026-112814 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-112814?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation. 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
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Windows WMI allows a privileged local attacker to read memory outside allocated bounds. The attack requires existing local authentication access, and successful exploitation leads to privilege escalation from the authenticated user context to higher privileges.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed