What is GHSA-3wq2-677q-r3rq?

GHSA-3wq2-677q-r3rq is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Absolute path traversal in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-3wq2-677q-r3rq cover?

GHSA-3wq2-677q-r3rq covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-68896. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-3wq2-677q-r3rq?

GHSA-3wq2-677q-r3rq has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-3wq2-677q-r3rqHighCVSS 7.8

Absolute path traversal in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-68896 →

📋 Description

Absolute path traversal in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68896
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-68896
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3wq2-677q-r3rq