CVE-2026-96937

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authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally."}], "lastModified": "2026-10-16T17:17:59.393", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "53D23AF8-230C-4B39-8A91-3881AA31989A", "versionEndExcluding": "10.0.19044.7807"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "67F442ED-4C44-46E2-9DC1-C8B5E6DCEDBB", "versionEndExcluding": "10.0.19044.7807"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "9F10DA49-990A-41B9-A6AB-F672D1FF4685", "versionEndExcluding": "10.0.19044.7807"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D17757C7-94AA-426C-85B8-82E265C34790", "versionEndExcluding": "10.0.19045.7807"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*", 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