Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-69824 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-69824 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-69824?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 8 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Standard XPS.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-69824?
- 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-2026-69824 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-69824?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Standard XPS. 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
The vulnerability is an integer underflow (wraparound) condition in the Microsoft Standard XPS parser. The flaw exists in how the XPS handler processes specially crafted file structures, failing to validate numeric values that can wrap around and cause memory corruption. An attacker can exploit this by sending a malicious XPS file over the network to a vulnerable system; no user interaction or authentication is required if the XPS parser is accessible via network services. Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the process handling the XPS file. A patch is available from Microsoft Security Response Center.
Affected products
- Microsoft Standard XPS
Timeline
- 2026-09-08: disclosed