Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-96156 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96156 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-96156?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96156?
- 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-2026-96156 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-96156?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Windows. 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-of-uninitialized-resource vulnerability in Windows Broker Infrastructure Service allows an authenticated local attacker to disclose information by reading uninitialized memory. The attack requires local access and prior authentication, but does not require user interaction. Exploitation enables information disclosure of sensitive data held in system memory.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed