cve-2026-69265

CVE-2026-69265 is a Windows NTFS elevation of privilege vulnerability that Microsoft addressed with released fixes. Classified as Important severity, the flaw is an out-of-bounds read tracked as CWE-125 in the Windows NTFS file system. According to Microsoft's advisory, an authorized attacker could exploit it locally to elevate privileges and potentially gain SYSTEM privileges, the highest local privilege level in Windows. Coverage on WindowsForum focuses on what the advisory says, the local rather than remote nature of the attack, and the importance of applying Microsoft's updates to reduce exposure on affected Windows systems.