Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Connected Devices Platform Service race condition
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.7 | $5k-$25k | 0.36 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 and classified as very critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Connected Devices Platform Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to race condition. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-70169. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Connected Devices Platform Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Connected Devices Platform Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
The advisory is available at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-70169 since 08/04/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/13/2026).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
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Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
- Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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CNA Base Score: 7.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/04/2026 CVE reserved10/13/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/13/2026 VulDB entry created
10/13/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-70169 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-70169
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-418282
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 10/13/2026 23:18Changes: 10/13/2026 23:18 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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