CVE detail
CVE-2026-59118
Improper authorization in Copilot Cowork allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 11.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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- Total mentions
- 5
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 3
- highest bucket
Evidence
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- August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEsCrowdStrike
affected by August 2026 Patch Tuesday Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock CVE-2026-68820 is an Important elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock and has a CVSS score of 7.0 . A use-after-free flaw (CWE-416) allows a low-privileged local attacker to el
vendorwww.crowdstrike.comAug 12, 2026, 8:00 AM arked as "critical." Microsoft notes that 1 of the vulnerabilities disclosed this month have been exploited in the wild CVE-2026-68820 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. A Use After Free vulnerability could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. This vulnerability has
vendorblog.talosintelligence.comAug 11, 2026, 10:21 PMation denial-of-service, and arbitrary code execution. Zero-day Vulnerabilities Patched in August Patch Tuesday Edition CVE-2026-72971: Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver (unionfs.sys) Tampering Vulnerability This is a link-following flaw that may allow an authenticated attacker to perform local tampering. CVE-2026-62832: Windows User Profile
vendorblog.qualys.comAug 11, 2026, 9:55 PM- The August 2026 Security Update ReviewZero Day Initiative
g actively exploited, at least as 0-days. Again, we’ll start with the bug under active attack and move on from there. - CVE-2026-68820 - Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This bug allows attackers to execute code at SYSTEM level. Bugs of this type are often paired with code execution bugs to take over a
vendorwww.thezdi.comAug 11, 2026, 5:56 PM Improper authorization in Microsoft Power Apps allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
vendormsrc.microsoft.comAug 6, 2026, 2:00 PM
Exploit code
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