What is GHSA-8m5p-242c-cv48?

GHSA-8m5p-242c-cv48 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8m5p-242c-cv48 cover?

GHSA-8m5p-242c-cv48 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-68880. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8m5p-242c-cv48?

GHSA-8m5p-242c-cv48 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-8m5p-242c-cv48HighCVSS 8.0

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-68880 →

📋 Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68880
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-68880
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8m5p-242c-cv48