CVE-2026-48565

FAUCET Score

Untrusted search path in Windows Narrator Braille allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

First published: Jun 9, 2026Last modified: Jun 9, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_narrator_braille:-:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.43%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

35.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-Jun/CVE-2026-48565Important

Windows Narrator Braille Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Jun 9, 2026

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48565

Vendor Advisory