CVE-2026-20872
6.5 mediumEPSS 20%
Medium (6.5) in microsoft. EPSS 20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
External control of file name or path in Windows NTLM allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- EPSS
- 20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-73
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_10_1607
- microsoft:windows_10_1809
- microsoft:windows_10_21h2
- microsoft:windows_10_22h2
- microsoft:windows_11_23h2
- microsoft:windows_11_24h2
- microsoft:windows_11_25h2
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_server_2012
- microsoft:windows_server_2016
- microsoft:windows_server_2019
- microsoft:windows_server_2022
- microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2
- microsoft:windows_server_2025
References
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