Affects Windows COM (core OS) enabling local privilege escalation across Windows devices.
CVE-2026-32162
Windows COM local privilege escalation via untrusted data.
Is CVE-2026-32162 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-32162 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 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-32162?
CVE-2026-32162 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.4. 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-2026-32162?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-32162. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-32162 affect?
CVE-2026-32162 affects Windows COM subsystem, Windows OS components, Windows OS. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-32162?
Apply updates when available; monitor Windows advisories.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local attacker can escalate privileges on Windows hosts via COM data handling.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.8644
- affected>= 10.0.19044.0 and < 10.0.19044.7184
- affected>= 10.0.19045.0 and < 10.0.19045.7184
- affected>= 10.0.22631.0 and < 10.0.22631.6936
- affected>= 10.0.22631.0 and < 10.0.22631.6936
- affected>= 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.8246
- affected>= 10.0.26200.0 and < 10.0.26200.8246
- affected>= 10.0.28000.0 and < 10.0.28000.1836
- affected>= 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.8644
- affected>= 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.8644
- affected>= 10.0.20348.0 and < 10.0.20348.5020
- affected>= 10.0.25398.0 and < 10.0.25398.2274
- affected>= 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.32690
- affected>= 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.32690
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.