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CVE-2026-85880.

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known exploited Microsoft Windows Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Microsoft - Windows
Listed by CISA: 2026-09-08
Federal fix deadline: 2026-09-22 (7 days away)
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Scores

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 high CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.57% estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 46% of all CVEs)
Weakness class: CWE-122, CWE-908

ATT&CK techniques

inferred from weakness class no curated mapping exists for this CVE; these are the techniques typically seen with CWE-122, CWE-908 vulnerabilities

ReconnaissanceResource DevelopmentInitial Access ExecutionPersistencePrivilege Escalation StealthDefense ImpairmentCredential AccessDiscoveryLateral MovementCollectionCommand and ControlExfiltrationImpact

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

Inferred from CWE-122.

T1190 on attack.mitre.org

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

Execution

Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.

Inferred from CWE-122.

T1059 on attack.mitre.org

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

Execution

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.

Inferred from CWE-122.

T1203 on attack.mitre.org

T1204 User Execution

Execution

An adversary may rely upon specific actions by a user in order to gain execution.

via sub-technique T1204.002 Malicious File

Inferred from CWE-122.

T1204 on attack.mitre.org

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow

ExecutionStealth

Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking the way operating systems run programs.

Inferred from CWE-122.

T1574 on attack.mitre.org

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

Inferred from CWE-122.

T1068 on attack.mitre.org

See these techniques on the full ATT&CK matrix.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows ALPC allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Published: 2026-09-08
Last modified: 2026-09-09
NVD status: Analyzed

References

Covered in Decrypted

CVSS measures how bad exploitation would be; EPSS estimates how likely exploitation is within 30 days; the CISA listing means it is already happening. Read them together: a CVSS 9.8 with EPSS 0.04% is usually less urgent than a CVSS 7.2 on the exploited list. Data: NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV; detail is cached for a week, scores for a day. ATT&CK techniques come from the CTID KEV mappings project where a curated mapping exists, otherwise they are inferred from the weakness class and labelled as such. ATT&CK is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation.