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October 2026 CVE archive

Records last modified in NIST NVD between Oct 1 and Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Data imported from the NVD CVE API 2.0 and the CISA KEV catalog; each record shows its own source and verification time. The modified view only includes records that were CRITICAL or CISA-KEV-listed when imported — it is not a complete list of every modification.

Published in October 2026Materially updated (Critical / KEV)
Total records
21,937
Critical
3,121
High
7,064
Medium
6,901
Low
608
Severity not reported
4,243
In CISA KEV
186

Most affected vendors (by CPE data where available): microsoft (1423), linux (722), google (413), ibm (321), oracle (193), mozilla (182), adobe (165), broadcom (118), apache (115), fabian (98)

CVESeverityCVSSKEVVendor / productPublishedModified
CVE-2026-83728
Improper validation of syntactic correctness of input in Windows Hyper-V allows...
high 8.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83732
Use after free in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privil...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85829
Double free in Windows Wired AutoConfig Service allows an authorized attacker to...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85832
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (B...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85833
Use after free in Windows Modern Device Management (MDM) allows an authorized at...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85834
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows TCP/IP allows an authorized attacker to el...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85842
Use of externally-controlled format string in Windows Image Acquisition allows a...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 21h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85843
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85846
Use after free in Windows Web Account Manager allows an authorized attacker to e...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85848
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (B...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85849
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows AppX D...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85850
Release of invalid pointer or reference in Windows Kernel allows an authorized a...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 11 26h1 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85851
Use after free in Windows SmartScreen allows an authorized attacker to elevate p...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 11 23h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85853
Out-of-bounds read in Windows DWM Core Library allows an authorized attacker to...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85854
Use after free in Windows DWM Core Library allows an authorized attacker to elev...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85855
Use after free in Windows DWM Core Library allows an authorized attacker to elev...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 11 24h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85856
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) allows a...
high 7.1 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85858
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem allows an authorized attack...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 11 23h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85860
Use after free in Windows Message Queuing Queue Manager allows an authorized att...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85861
Use after free in Windows Clipboard User Service allows an authorized attacker t...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-85863
Use after free in Windows Clipboard User Service allows an authorized attacker t...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83749
Use after free in Windows Overlay Filter allows an authorized attacker to elevat...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83750
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Error Reporting all...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83751
Use after free in Windows MIDI Service Module allows an authorized attacker to e...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 11 24h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83752
Use after free in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate pri...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83753
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Camera Frame Server Monitor allows an auth...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 21h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83754
Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenSSH for Windows allows an unauthorized attacke...
high 7.5 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83757
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to el...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 11 23h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83712
Out-of-bounds write in Windows NTFS allows an authorized attacker to execute cod...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83704
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Wind...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83690
Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privil...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83691
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an authorized attacker...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83758
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attac...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83665
Null pointer dereference in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker...
high 7.5 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83669
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized at...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83675
Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privil...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 11 24h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83676
Integer underflow (wrap or wraparound) in Windows Installer allows an authorized...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 21h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83522
Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision in Windows IKE Extension all...
high 8.1 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83677
Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Windows DHCP Client allows...
high 7.5 —Microsoft / windows 11 24h2 2026-10-132026-10-29
CVE-2026-83678
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows TCP/IP allows an authorized attacker to el...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-29

Sources: NIST NVD (CVE API 2.0) and the CISA KEV catalog. Severity is as stated by the source; missing values are shown as “not reported”, never estimated.