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🛡️ CVE-2026-20872 — windows-10-1607

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-73 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

External control of file name or path in Windows NTLM allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-20872 is classified as CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path. A caller can influence which file the application opens or writes, extending an operation to files that were never meant to be reachable.

Affected software

CVE-2026-20872 is recorded against 14 packages.

  • windows-10-1607 (fixed in 10.0.14393.8783)
  • windows-10-1809 (fixed in 10.0.17763.8276)
  • windows-10-21h2 (fixed in 10.0.19044.6809)
  • windows-10-22h2 (fixed in 10.0.19045.6809)
  • windows-11-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.22631.6491)
  • windows-11-24h2 (fixed in 10.0.26100.7623)
  • windows-11-25h2 (fixed in 10.0.26200.7623)
  • windows-server-2008
  • windows-server-2012
  • windows-server-2016 (fixed in 10.0.14393.8783)
  • windows-server-2019 (fixed in 10.0.17763.8276)
  • windows-server-2022 (fixed in 10.0.20348.4648)
  • windows-server-2022-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.25398.2092)
  • windows-server-2025 (fixed in 10.0.26100.32230)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 January 2026 and last revised on 30 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com
www.vicarius.io
www.vicarius.io

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-73
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-01-13
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-30
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
windows-10-1607 10.0.14393.8783
windows-10-1809 10.0.17763.8276
windows-10-21h2 10.0.19044.6809
windows-10-22h2 10.0.19045.6809
windows-11-23h2 10.0.22631.6491
windows-11-24h2 10.0.26100.7623
windows-11-25h2 10.0.26200.7623
windows-server-2008
windows-server-2012
windows-server-2016 10.0.14393.8783
windows-server-2019 10.0.17763.8276
windows-server-2022 10.0.20348.4648
windows-server-2022-23h2 10.0.25398.2092
windows-server-2025 10.0.26100.32230

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