SyntaxMethod/CVE-2026-42978-PoC-Research

CVE-2026-42978 Windows Push Notifications (WpnService) Use-After-Free & Race Condition PoC research, diagnostic scanner, and security audit module for AI Security Tool.

Security#ai-security-tool#privilege-escalation#race-conditions#security-research#threat-hunting

3.4 Early signal Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

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About the project

Module for AI Security Tool covering CVE-2026-42978, a use-after-free and race condition in Windows Push Notifications (WpnService), with a safe check profile and detection pack for local privilege-escalation audits.

Useful for

Check a Windows build for the wpncore.dll patch using the indicative build numbers.
Run the module's safe scanner to assess local EoP exposure without exploitation.
Study the root-cause write-up and SRWLock guard pattern for secure-coding training.

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

13 stars today.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
The repository is 2 days old and already has 97 stars.
Top new repositories this week: #147.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 97
Stars in a day: 13
Forks: 0
Issues and pull requests: 0
Watchers: 2
License: MIT
Created: September 11, 2026
Last push: September 11, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 13, 2026Top new repositories this week: #147

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