Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-70260 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-70260 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-70260?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 13 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Trace Data Helper.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-70260?
- 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-2026-70260 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-70260?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Trace Data Helper. 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 information disclosure flaw in Microsoft Trace Data Helper that exposes sensitive system information to an unauthorized security context. An authenticated local attacker can exploit this via local access to disclose system information. The attack requires prior authorization on the system.
Affected products
- Microsoft Trace Data Helper
Timeline
- 2026-10-13: disclosed