CVE-2026-32162

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

8.4

Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS v3: 8.4
EG Score: 8.4(medium)
EPSS: 13.2%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 14, 2026

Last Modified

June 1, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026

Patch available. Sources: microsoft.

microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32162

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-32162(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

CVE-2026-32162
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)High
Windows COM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-349

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-06-02 20:13 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-02 18:15 UTCEG score recompute
2026-06-02 18:15 UTCVendor advisory
2026-06-02 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-06-01 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
2026-06-01 19:50 UTCVendor advisory
2026-06-01 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-32162?

CVE-2026-32162 is a high vulnerability published on April 14, 2026. Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

When was CVE-2026-32162 disclosed?

CVE-2026-32162 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 14, 2026, with the most recent update on June 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2026-32162 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-32162 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 13.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-32162?

CVE-2026-32162 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2026-32162?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-32162, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2026-32162

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