CVE-2025-26675 Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An out-of-bounds read in WSL allows local attackers to elevate privileges on affected Windows 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-2025-26675?
CVE-2025-26675 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, published on 8 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26675?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 23h2, Microsoft Windows 11 24h2, Microsoft Windows Server 2022 and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26675?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26675 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-2025-26675 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26675 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 10 21h2
- CVE-2025-21333 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2025-21334 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-21335 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Use-After-Free
- CVE-2026-42904 Windows TCP/IP Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-105733 Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vg94-crh4-qq4x, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-26675.