Microsoft — Windows Application Compatibility Cache Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Patch Tuesday
An EPSS probability of 0.003, and Microsoft Exploitability Index: Exploitation More Likely.
Scheduled Maintenance
The priority band answers “how soon”, not “how bad” — see Methodology for what it weighs and where it abstains.
| Measure | Value | Source | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS base score | 7.0 | — | How severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. |
| FIRST EPSS | 0.003 (18.7th pctl) | FIRST | FIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. |
| Actively exploited | Not confirmed | Patch Tuesday | Whether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. |
0.28% as of 2026-10-16 (18.7th percentile). FIRST EPSS, recorded daily since this page started tracking it.
This page is an opinion about urgency. Where it and a source of record disagree, the source of record is the record.
Where this sits
CVE-2026-72955 is one of the entries ranked on the priority feed and in this month's Microsoft release.
