🛡️ CVE-2026-32225 — windows-10-1607
Description
Protection mechanism failure in Windows Shell allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature 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 high, availability high.
Weakness class
CVE-2026-32225 is classified as CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure. A protection exists but does not cover the case at hand, so it can be worked around.
Affected software
CVE-2026-32225 is recorded against 14 packages.
- windows-10-1607 (fixed in 10.0.14393.9060)
- windows-10-1809 (fixed in 10.0.17763.8644)
- windows-10-21h2 (fixed in 10.0.19044.7184)
- windows-10-22h2 (fixed in 10.0.19045.7184)
- windows-11-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.22631.6936)
- windows-11-24h2 (fixed in 10.0.26100.8246)
- windows-11-25h2 (fixed in 10.0.26200.8246)
- windows-11-26h1 (fixed in 10.0.28000.1836)
- windows-server-2012
- windows-server-2016 (fixed in 10.0.14393.9060)
- windows-server-2019 (fixed in 10.0.17763.8644)
- windows-server-2022 (fixed in 10.0.20348.5020)
- windows-server-2022-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.25398.2274)
- windows-server-2025 (fixed in 10.0.26100.32690)
Timeline and source
Published on 14 April 2026 and last revised on 25 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| windows-10-1607 | — | 10.0.14393.9060 |
| windows-10-1809 | — | 10.0.17763.8644 |
| windows-10-21h2 | — | 10.0.19044.7184 |
| windows-10-22h2 | — | 10.0.19045.7184 |
| windows-11-23h2 | — | 10.0.22631.6936 |
| windows-11-24h2 | — | 10.0.26100.8246 |
| windows-11-25h2 | — | 10.0.26200.8246 |
| windows-11-26h1 | — | 10.0.28000.1836 |
| windows-server-2012 | — | — |
| windows-server-2016 | — | 10.0.14393.9060 |
| windows-server-2019 | — | 10.0.17763.8644 |
| windows-server-2022 | — | 10.0.20348.5020 |
| windows-server-2022-23h2 | — | 10.0.25398.2274 |
| windows-server-2025 | — | 10.0.26100.32690 |
References
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