Apr 28, 2026mediumzero-day

No Patch for New PhantomRPC Privilege Escalation Technique in Windows

A fake RPC server can be used to listen for RPC requests and impersonate the target service to elevate privileges to System.

what's affectedservice to elevate privileges to System

mitigation statusMonitoring updates

first reportedApr 28, 2026

mentions (24h)12

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mentions delta+100% vs yesterday

platform splitX 50% · Reddit 0% · GitHub 50%

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x analyticsheat 10 (flat)

authors 5verified 0%

likes15

retweets7

replies0

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summaryLive chatter is accelerating; analysts are actively validating impact.

Curated Apr 28, 2026 by the ahackaday team./Sources verified./Brief grounded in 1 source.

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