CVE-2026-70068

Published: Oct 13, 2026Modified: Oct 16, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Client-Side Caching (CSC) Service allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Related CWEs

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

References (1)

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70068

Source: secure@microsoft.com

Timeline

No history available yet.