high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-85880Microsoft Windows — Heap Overflow in Local Procedure Call, Privilege Escalation

A heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) component lets an attacker who already has a low-privilege account or foothold on the machine gain higher privileges. It is being exploited in the wild.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply the Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-85880 on all Windows hosts now; it is exploited in the wild, so prioritize systems where untrusted users have local access.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
1%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-09-08
Added to KEV
2026-09-08
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK
T1068
Severity
high

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

Attacker needsLow-privilege local access to an affected Windows host, such as a standard user account or an existing foothold

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-20scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-20scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-20scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-20claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2026-85880 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-20