What is GHSA-vq68-r9hj-rg3x?

GHSA-vq68-r9hj-rg3x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Untrusted search path in Windows Update Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-vq68-r9hj-rg3x cover?

GHSA-vq68-r9hj-rg3x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-70142. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vq68-r9hj-rg3x?

GHSA-vq68-r9hj-rg3x has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-vq68-r9hj-rg3xHighCVSS 7.8

Untrusted search path in Windows Update Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 13, 2026

Last Modified

October 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-70142 →

📋 Description

Untrusted search path in Windows Update Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70142
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70142
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vq68-r9hj-rg3x