CVE-2026-85884High· 7.8▾ MidnightPoC availableMissing authentication for critical function in Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 42.9 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Oct 15.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
0.4%
1 GitHub repo
0.4% → 0.4%
Missing authentication for critical function in Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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