cve-2026-69582

CVE-2026-69582 is a Windows Volume Manager Extension Driver elevation of privilege vulnerability tracked through Microsoft's security update process. The Important-rated flaw is a CWE-126 buffer over-read that, according to Microsoft's advisory, allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally, potentially reaching SYSTEM privileges. Because exploitation requires an attacker to already have authenticated access to the machine, this is a local privilege escalation rather than a remote attack. Content tagged cve-2026-69582 on WindowsForum.com covers the advisory details, severity rating, and the security update Microsoft issued to address the driver flaw.