What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48583?

CVE-2026-48583 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 Kernel are affected by CVE-2026-48583?

Microsoft Windows Kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-48583, CVSS 7.8) enabling authenticated users with local access to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level; no public exploit…. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-48583?

24 hours: Inventory Windows systems running current and prior-year kernel versions; enable Windows Event Log auditing for privilege escalation attempts (Event IDs 4674, 4720). 7 days: Deploy Microsoft Attack Surface Reduction policies and application whitelisting controls (AppLocker or Windows Defender Application Control); restrict local interactive logon rights to administrative accounts only on critical systems. 30 days: Monitor MSRC advisories weekly for patch availability; upon release, deploy patch to critical systems within 72 hours and non-critical systems within 7 days.

Windows Kernel CVE-2026-48583

EUVD-2026-35527 HIGH

Use After Free (CWE-416)

2026-06-09 secure@microsoft.com

GHSA-87hw-q346-25ww

Microsoft Use After Free Memory Corruption Denial Of Service

7.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Temporal: 6.8

Severity by source

NVD 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 NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Jun 09, 2026 - 17:45 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jun 09, 2026 - 17:17 nvd

HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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

AnalysisAI

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Kernel allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a use-after-free condition (CWE-416). The flaw carries a CVSS 7.8 score with local attack vector and low privileges required, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is the sole referenced authoritative source, indicating this is a vendor-discovered and vendor-tracked issue.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability resides in the Windows Kernel - the privileged core of the NT operating system responsible for memory management, process scheduling, and hardware abstraction. CWE-416 (Use After Free) describes a memory-safety defect where code references heap memory after it has been deallocated; in a kernel context, attackers can reclaim the freed object with attacker-controlled data, manipulate dangling pointers, and corrupt kernel structures to gain arbitrary kernel-mode read/write or execution primitives. The tagging of 'Denial Of Service' alongside 'Memory Corruption' is consistent with UAF behavior, which can manifest as either a bugcheck (BSOD) or, when exploited carefully, full SYSTEM-level code execution.

RemediationAI

Apply the security update referenced in the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48583 as soon as it is released through Windows Update, WSUS, or your endpoint patch management tooling; exact KB numbers and build versions are published per Windows SKU on that page and were not provided in the input data. As compensating controls until patches can be deployed, restrict interactive and remote-desktop logon to trusted administrators on sensitive hosts (reduces the pool of attackers who can reach the local attack surface), enable Microsoft Defender Attack Surface Reduction rules that block child-process creation from Office and script hosts (raises the bar for getting any local code running), and ensure Credential Guard and HVCI/VBS are enabled where supported (HVCI specifically mitigates many kernel exploitation primitives but may impact older drivers and virtualization workloads). No patch version was provided in the input data, so confirm the exact fix build from MSRC before declaring systems remediated.