Microsoft Windows Audio Service Race Condition Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation

A race condition vulnerability has been identified in the Windows Audio Service, allowing authorized attackers to elevate privileges locally. This issue arises from concurrent execution using shared resources without proper synchronization.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation.

Remediation

Users can apply the security update for their specific version of Windows 11 through the Microsoft Update Catalog. Security update KB5101649 is available for Windows 11 versions 26H1, 24H2, and 25H2, both for x64-based and ARM64-based systems.