Microsoft Windows NDIS Driver Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows (CVE-2026-24289) with a CVSS score of 7.8, allowing local attackers to gain elevated system privileges if they can first execute low-privileged code on a target machine. The vulnerability poses a significant risk because it enables attackers already on a system to escalate their access from limited to administrative-level permissions. Security teams should prioritize patching Windows systems and implementing controls to restrict code execution and limit local access to trusted users only.