Back Cybersecuritynews

Windows Error Reporting Service Vulnerability Let Attackers Elevate Privileges

Cybersecuritynews •Abinaya • February 10, 2026

A critical security flaw in Windows Error Reporting Service has been discovered, allowing attackers with standard user access to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM-level control. CVE-2026-20817, patched by Microsoft in January 2026, represents a significant threat to Windows environments due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete system compromise. CVE-2026-20817 is a local […]

The full story

This article is one source in a clustered incident — the cluster page carries the summary, timeline and every other outlet covering it.

CVE-2026 Assigned for Chromium Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft Edge CVE-2026 was assigned to address a vulnerability in Chromium, which is utilized by Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). This vulnerability affects users of Microsoft Edge as it ingests the Chromium codebase. For further details, users are directed to the Google Chrome Releases page. 116 sources 13

Extracted Entities

Windows Error Reporting Service Vulnerability Let Attackers Elevate Privileges

The full story

Extracted Entities

CVEs (1)

MITRE ATT&CK (1)

Platforms (1)