Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-47648 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-47648 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-47648?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7, published 9 June 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows Storage.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-47648?
- 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-2026-47648 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-47648?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Windows Storage. 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 local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Windows Storage due to an untrusted search path (CWE-426). The vulnerability occurs when the component attempts to load a resource or library without using a fully qualified path, potentially allowing an attacker to place a malicious file in a location searched by the system. To exploit this, an attacker must first have local access to the system with low-level privileges. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute code with elevated system privileges, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host. Microsoft has released security updates to address this issue.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Storage
Timeline
- 2026-06-09: disclosed
- 2026-06-09: advisory: Microsoft published the security update guide.