Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-69947 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-69947 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-69947?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.8, published 13 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows Overlay Filter.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-69947?
- 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-2026-69947 attacked?
- It is attacked with physical access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-69947?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Windows Overlay Filter. 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 a heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Overlay Filter that requires physical access to the device to exploit. An attacker with physical access could trigger the overflow to execute code with elevated privileges, potentially bypassing security controls and gaining full system access.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Overlay Filter
Timeline
- 2026-10-13: advisory