com toast notifications

The com toast notifications tag covers discussions about Windows toast notification systems and their role in security vulnerabilities. Content on this tag includes analysis of CVE-2025-59199, a Windows 11 sandbox escape that exploited COM activation and toast notifications to chain from low-integrity code to higher-integrity execution. The vulnerability, fixed by Microsoft in October 2025, demonstrated how trusted Windows components like toast notifications, URI handlers, and debugging plumbing can be weaponized. This tag is relevant for IT professionals and security researchers examining attack surfaces in Windows notification infrastructure and COM-based exploits.