CVE-2026-32181 Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An authorized local attacker can exploit improper privilege management in the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service to cause a denial of service.

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-2026-32181?

CVE-2026-32181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, published on 14 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-32181?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 23h2, Microsoft Windows 11 24h2, Microsoft Windows 11 25h2, Microsoft Windows 11 26h1 and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2026-32181?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-32181 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-32181 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-32181 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 10 21h2 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hwgj-f8qr-8j83.

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