What is GHSA-9hf8-9jjh-q349?

GHSA-9hf8-9jjh-q349 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Out-of-bounds read in Windows Hyper-V allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-9hf8-9jjh-q349 cover?

GHSA-9hf8-9jjh-q349 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-72961. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-9hf8-9jjh-q349?

GHSA-9hf8-9jjh-q349 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-9hf8-9jjh-q349HighCVSS 8.2

Out-of-bounds read in Windows Hyper-V allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-72961 →

📋 Description

Out-of-bounds read in Windows Hyper-V allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72961
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72961
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9hf8-9jjh-q349