Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-119918 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-119918 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-119918?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.8, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows Kernel.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-119918?
- 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-2026-119918 attacked?
- It is attacked with physical access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-119918?
- 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 use-after-free memory corruption flaw exists in the Windows Kernel that can be exploited to achieve privilege escalation. The vulnerability requires physical access to the affected system; an attacker can trigger the flaw to execute code with kernel privileges and escalate from an unprivileged user context to SYSTEM-level access.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Kernel
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed