VDB-400172 · CVE-2026-69321 · GCVE-0-2026-69321

Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Power Dependency Coordinator missing authentication

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4.3	$0-$5k	0.43+

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Power Dependency Coordinator. Such manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-69321. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Power Dependency Coordinator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Missing authentication for critical function in Windows Power Dependency Coordinator allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.

The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-69321 since 08/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/08/2026).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Windows

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (microsoft): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

08/03/2026 CVE reserved
09/08/2026 +36 days Advisory disclosed
09/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-69321 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-69321
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-400172
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 09/08/2026 20:49
Changes: 09/08/2026 20:49 (63)
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