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CVE-2026-69910 Windows Hyper

Api.Msrc.Microsoft • September 8, 2026

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Released: Sep 8, 2026

Please see Common Vulnerability Scoring System for more information on the definition of these metrics.

Stack-based buffer overflow in Windows Hyper-V allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

The following table provides an exploitability assessment for this vulnerability at the time of original publication.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the attack complexity is low (AC:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?

The attack vector is Network (AV:N) because this vulnerability is remotely exploitable and can be exploited from the internet. The attack complexity is Low (AC:L) because an attacker does not require significant prior knowledge of the system and can achieve repeatable success with the payload against the vulnerable component.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?

This vulnerability would require an authenticated attacker on a guest VM to send specially crafted file operation requests on the VM to hardware resources on the VM which could result in remote code execution on the host server.

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