CVE-2026-83681

Published: Oct 13, 2026Modified: Oct 22, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Description

Weak authentication in Microsoft PowerToys allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.

Related CWEs

Weak Authentication

The product uses an authentication mechanism to restrict access to specific users or identities, but the mechanism does not sufficiently prove that the claimed identity is correct.

References (1)

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83681

Source: secure@microsoft.com

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