What is GHSA-6qfw-v267-fxwv?

GHSA-6qfw-v267-fxwv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Use after free in Windows Biometric Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-6qfw-v267-fxwv cover?

GHSA-6qfw-v267-fxwv covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-83968. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-6qfw-v267-fxwv?

GHSA-6qfw-v267-fxwv has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-6qfw-v267-fxwvHighCVSS 7.8

Use after free in Windows Biometric Service 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-2026-83968 →

📋 Description

Use after free in Windows Biometric Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83968
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83968
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qfw-v267-fxwv