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CVE-2026-68820 Turns a Windows Foothold Into SYSTEM

Red exploit path crossing a Windows network-driver layer into a privileged kernel core

Microsoft’s August 2026 updates fix a WinSock privilege-escalation flaw used by North Korea’s Lazarus group against defence, aerospace and aviation organisations. The exploit helped Operation Dream Job turn a local Windows foothold into SYSTEM access, deploy a kernel rootkit and interfere with endpoint-security controls.