CVE-2024-26181 Windows Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability
An attacker can cause a denial of service in the Windows Kernel, affecting system availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-26181?
CVE-2024-26181 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 12 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26181?
It affects 14 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1507, Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 21h2 and 8 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26181?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-26181 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-26181 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26181 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-49039 Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-43461 Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h3fv-rwfq-5hgg.