CVE-2026-19635
Local privilege escalation in Security Center enabling arbitrary code execution as elevated user
Is CVE-2026-19635 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-19635 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.13% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-19635?
CVE-2026-19635 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.5. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-19635?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-19635. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-19635 affect?
CVE-2026-19635 affects Security Center (unspecified versions), Hosts with writable Security Center configuration file. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-19635?
Restrict write access to config files, harden local accounts, and apply vendor patch when released
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local attacker with write access to a specific configuration file can execute arbitrary code with elevated/administrator privileges.
Immediate action required
- affected< 6.9.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.