CVE-2019-1336: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows Update Client when it does not properly handle privileges, aka 'Microsoft Windows Update Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1323.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1809 only; version 1903 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1903 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2019-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.