cve-2026-69461

CVE-2026-69461 is an Important-rated Windows NTFS remote code execution vulnerability addressed by Microsoft. According to the Microsoft Security Response Center, the flaw carries a CVSS base score of 8.8 and a temporal score of 7.7, with a network attack vector and user interaction required. The practical trigger is narrower than the network vector alone suggests: an attacker must supply a specially crafted file that the user opens to initiate code execution. The weakness is classified as CWE-121, a stack-based buffer overflow. This tag collects WindowsForum coverage of the advisory, its severity ratings, and the fixes Microsoft released.