Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-96175 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96175 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-96175?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96175?
- 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-2026-96175 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-96175?
- 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
The Desktop Window Manager contains a use-after-free or reference-counting vulnerability involving invalid pointer operations, triggered during normal window management operations. The flaw requires local access with user-level privileges; no user interaction or special network conditions are needed. Successful exploitation grants the attacker SYSTEM-level code execution on the affected system.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed