Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Link Following Vulnerability
Info Listed in CISA KEV
Summary
Microsoft Windows Update Stack contains a link following vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges locally up to SYSTEM.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- Microsoft:Windows
Sources
- CISA KEV DATABASE
- Grok bot vulnerability crawler DATABASE
Original Links
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2026-81963 reference
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk reference
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk reference
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81963 reference
Timeline
- kev_ingest CISA KEV
- grok_bot_ingest Grok bot vulnerability crawler