CVE-2026-23763
Local privilege escalation via VB-Audio kernel driver.
Is CVE-2026-23763 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-23763 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 0.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-23763?
CVE-2026-23763 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-2026-23763?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-23763, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-23763 affect?
CVE-2026-23763 affects VB-Audio Matrix, VB-Audio Matrix Coconut. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-23763?
Patch when released; restrict driver access; monitor IOCTL usage
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Kernel memory read/write, bypass KASLR, and SYSTEM elevation via IOCTL 0x222060 on vbmatrixvaio64_win10.sys.
Patch when possible
- affected<= 1.0.2.2
- affected<= 2.0.2.2
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.