Zoom: Windows privilege escalation

Zoom Workplace for Windows

Zoom fixes critical Windows vulnerability allowing privilege escalation

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Check Zoom's advisory for a Windows Workplace fix and restrict local user access to affected machines until it ships.

Who should check: teams running Windows

First seen: 12 Nov 2026
Last update: 12 Nov 2026, 14:18 UTC
Source: news
On the menu as: Windows

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## Zoom: Windows privilege escalation
Severity: unknown. Patch status: fix status unknown.
Affected: Zoom Workplace for Windows

Zoom fixes critical Windows vulnerability allowing privilege escalation

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (windows). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.
2. No source names a fix yet; check the vendor advisory. Until one ships: Zoom has released security updates to fix two vulnerabilities in Zoom Workplace for Windows.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

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Sources: https://securityaffairs.com/202911/security/zoom-fixes-critical-windows-vulnerability-allowing-privilege-escalation.html
https://pwned.coffee/i/zoom-windows-privilege-escalation

Timeline

12 Nov 2026, 14:18 UTC
Fix status: patched → unknown.
12 Nov 2026
First reported.

Receipt

Exploitation: No known exploitation
Fix: Zoom has released security updates to fix two vulnerabilities in Zoom Workplace for Windows.
Score: No CVSS published yet: severity unknown.
Last checked: 13 Nov 2026, 16:26 UTC

Sources: KEV – CVE record – Vendor –

Sources

securityaffairs.com: Zoom Fixes Critical Windows Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation

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