Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-119912 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-119912 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-119912?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.7, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows Kernel.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-119912?
- 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-2026-119912 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-119912?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Windows Kernel. 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 double free memory corruption flaw exists in the Windows Kernel, allowing an authenticated local attacker to trigger a use-after-free condition and escalate privileges. This requires local code execution with user privileges; no network attack vector is present. Successful exploitation grants the attacker kernel-level access.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Kernel
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed