Windows Desktop Window Manager privilege escalation (CVE-2026-21519)

high severity · exploited in the wild · published 2026-02-10

An attacker can escalate from a normal user account to full system control. This vulnerability is already being exploited in real attacks to take over Windows machines.

Fixed in: 10.0.28000.1575

CVE: CVE-2026-21519

Source: Microsoft (MSRC)

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