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Description

Incorrect privilege assignment in Windows Hello allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering locally.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-03 | Published 2026-01-13 | Updated 2026-02-22 | Assigner microsoft




HIGH: 7.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Problem types

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Product status

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.8783
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.8276
affected

10.0.19044.0 (custom) before 10.0.19044.6809
affected

10.0.19045.0 (custom) before 10.0.19045.6809
affected

10.0.22631.0 (custom) before 10.0.22631.6491
affected

10.0.22631.0 (custom) before 10.0.22631.6491
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.7623
affected

10.0.26200.0 (custom) before 10.0.26200.7623
affected

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.8783
affected

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.8783
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.8276
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.8276
affected

10.0.20348.0 (custom) before 10.0.20348.4648
affected

10.0.25398.0 (custom) before 10.0.25398.2092
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.32230
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.32230
affected

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20804 (Windows Hello Tampering Vulnerability) vendor-advisory patch

cve.org (CVE-2026-20804)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-20804)

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