CVE detail
CVE-2026-62721
Insufficient granularity of access control in User-Mode Power Service (UMPS) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 11.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 5
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 5
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
5 source links · newest first
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 PMktop browser security patches so far this month. SharePoint: critical RCE chain by Rapid7 Today sees the publication of CVE-2026-63520 , a high-severity remote code execution in Microsoft SharePoint. Discovered by Rapid7 Senior Principal Security Researcher Stephen Fewer , and published today in coordination with Microsoft; this vulnerability is the se
vendorwww.rapid7.comAug 11, 2026, 9:10 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 - CVE-2026-62721 Windows User-Mode Power Service (UMPS) Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityMicrosoft MSRC
Insufficient granularity of access control in User-Mode Power Service (UMPS) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
vendormsrc.microsoft.comAug 11, 2026, 2:00 PM
Exploit code
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