CVE-2024-26229 Windows CSC Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows CSC Service to gain elevated privileges on affected systems.
- 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-2024-26229?
CVE-2024-26229 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 9 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows CSC Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-122
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26229?
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-2024-26229?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-26229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-26229 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-26229 exists.
Public exploit code: 9 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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- CVE-2025-33073 Microsoft Windows SMB Client Improper Access Control
- CVE-2024-49039 Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-43461 Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m3pg-c9mv-657r.