What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45605?

CVE-2026-45605 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Windows Bluetooth Service are affected by CVE-2026-45605?

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Bluetooth Service (CVE-2026-45605) allows authenticated users to elevate to system-level rights, enabling complete compromise of affected…. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-45605?

24 hours: Audit Windows systems running Bluetooth Service; identify user populations with local login access; prioritize business-critical systems. 7 days: Disable Bluetooth Service on systems where not operationally required via Group Policy or Windows Services; implement device installation restrictions for Bluetooth peripherals; restrict local account privileges per least-privilege principles. 30 days: Monitor Microsoft Security Response Center for CVE-2026-45605 patch release; validate patch applicability across Windows versions in production environment; establish patch deployment timeline.

Windows Bluetooth Service CVE-2026-45605

EUVD-2026-35682 HIGH

Use After Free (CWE-416)

2026-06-09 secure@microsoft.com

GHSA-7875-jr7x-qfvp

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption Microsoft Windows 10 1607 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 21h2 Windows 10 22h2 Windows 11 23h2 Windows 11 24h2 Windows 11 25h2 Windows 11 26h1 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2025

7.8

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: microsoft

Temporal: 6.8

Severity by source

Vendor (microsoft) PRIMARY

7.8 HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CIRCL (temporal)

6.8 MEDIUM

cvss

Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).

CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch available

Jun 09, 2026 - 19:03 EUVD

Analysis Generated

Jun 09, 2026 - 18:09 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jun 09, 2026 - 17:17 nvd

HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in Windows Bluetooth Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

AnalysisAI

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Bluetooth Service stems from a use-after-free condition (CWE-416) that an authenticated low-privilege user can trigger to gain elevated rights on the host. The CVSS 7.8 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) reflects a fully local attack with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. The flaw was reported by Microsoft (secure@microsoft.com) and tracked in the MSRC update guide.

Technical ContextAI

The Windows Bluetooth Service (bthserv) is a system-level Windows component responsible for managing Bluetooth radios, pairing, and protocol stack interactions; it typically runs with SYSTEM-level privileges and exposes IPC surfaces (RPC/COM/IOCTL) to lower-privileged callers. CWE-416 (Use After Free) indicates the service references a heap object after it has been deallocated, allowing the freed memory to be re-allocated and controlled by the attacker before the dangling pointer is dereferenced. Because the service operates in a higher trust boundary than the caller, controlling the freed object's contents can corrupt function pointers or vtables and pivot execution into attacker-supplied data, resulting in arbitrary code execution in the service's context.

RemediationAI

Apply the Microsoft security update referenced on the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45605 for each affected Windows edition and build - exact fixed build numbers are published per-SKU in that advisory and should be cited as the patch of record. As a compensating control on hosts where patching must be delayed, disable the Bluetooth Support Service (bthserv) via 'sc config bthserv start= disabled' and stop the service, which removes the vulnerable attack surface but breaks all Bluetooth peripheral functionality (keyboards, mice, audio, file transfer). On endpoints that do not require Bluetooth, disable the radio at the hardware/UEFI level or via Group Policy ('Allow Bluetooth' set to Disabled) to prevent the service from being reactivated; restricting interactive and remote logon (e.g., RDP) to trusted users on shared hosts further reduces the population of attackers able to call the local interface.