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Windows Bluetooth Service CVE-2026-69889

| EUVDEUVD-2026-73046 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-09-08 secure@microsoft.com GHSA-wm39-r5pm-2mgw
7.0
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: microsoft
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Vendor (microsoft) PRIMARY
7.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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7.0 HIGH

Local attack vector and low privilege match 'authorized local attacker'; AC:H reflects race condition exploitation; full C/I/A reflects SYSTEM-level privilege escalation.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).

CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Metadata Corrected
Sep 09, 2026 - 05:40 vuln.today
tag: Privilege Escalation added
Analysis Generated
Sep 09, 2026 - 05:15 vuln.today
Patch available
Sep 08, 2026 - 18:35 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 08, 2026 - 18:19 nvd
HIGH 7.0

DescriptionCVE.org

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

AnalysisAI

Privilege escalation via use-after-free in the Windows Bluetooth Service allows a locally authenticated attacker to gain SYSTEM-level privileges on a broad range of Windows versions. The memory corruption vulnerability (CWE-416) requires low initial privileges and high attack complexity, consistent with a race condition in Bluetooth service memory management. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires a locally authenticated account on the target system - the CVSS PR:L confirms low-privilege credentials suffice; no administrator or elevated token is needed to initiate the attack. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment CVSS 7.0 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) places this as a high-severity local privilege escalation with meaningful exploitation difficulty. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Apply the vendor-released cumulative updates from Microsoft that bring affected builds to or above the fixed build numbers listed per version: 10.0.17763.9245 (Server 2019/Win10 1809), 10.0.19044.7725 and 10.0.19045.7725 (Win10 21H2/22H2), 10.0.20348.5622 (Server 2022), 10.0.22631.7582 (Win11 23H2), 10.0.26100.9445/33438 (Win11 24H2/Server 2025), 10.0.26200.9445 (Win11 25H2), 10.0.28000.2954 (Win11 26H1). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, inventory all Windows systems in your environment and identify which have Bluetooth services enabled, prioritizing Tier 1 assets (domain controllers, servers, administrative workstations, and high-value endpoints). …

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