CVE-2026-20820General(microsoft / windows_10_1607)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Common Log File System Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-122

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • windows_10_1607
  • windows_10_1809
  • windows_10_21h2
  • windows_10_22h2

Threat summary

  • 5 mentions across 5 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 3 signals
  • General: 5 classified signals
  • Peaked 4d ago at 1 mentions (2026-03-06); latest day: 1
  • 5 total mentions across 5 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
windows_10_1607windows_10_1809windows_10_21h2windows_10_22h2windows_11_23h2windows_11_24h2windows_11_25h2windows_server_2008windows_server_2012windows_server_2016

2 versions affected across 14 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline5 mentions / 5d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-06: 1Mentions · 2026-03-07: 1Mentions · 2026-03-08: 1Mentions · 2026-03-13: 1Mentions · 2026-04-06: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-06: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-07: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-13: 103-0603-0703-0803-1304-06
Signal classification1 categories
General
5100.0%
Referenced assets7 URLs
Full discourse5 posts
  • @Cravaterouge.infosec.exchange@rouge_cravate
    General

    I’ve just published a new technical analysis exploring CVE-2026-20820, a buffer overflow in the CLFS driver. https://cravaterouge.com/articles/cve-2026-20820/

    Post summary

    The post announces a technical breakdown of CVE-2026-20820, a buffer overflow in the CLFS driver, without detailing exploitation or mitigation.

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  • Mr. OS@ksg93rd
    General

    #exploit #AppSec 1⃣. CVE-2026-28292: simple-git RCE - Case-Sensitivity Bypass https://www.codeant.ai/security-research/simple-git-remote-code-execution-cve-2026-28292 // A regex bug in simple-git 3.15.0 - 3.32.3 allows bypassing CVE patches and enables RCE via uppercase protocol variants 2⃣. CVE-2025-12818: https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/attack-arithmetic-how-an-integer-overflow-in-postgresql-libpq-leads-to-denial-of-service Attack arithmetic - how an integer overflow in PostgreSQL libpq leads to DoS // A 2025 PostgreSQL libpq integer overflow in PQescapeInternal allows memory corruption and DoS, affecting applications like PHP's PDO driver 3⃣. CVE-2026-20820: https://cravaterouge.com/articles/cve-2026-20820 Chasing the Ghost in the Log // A heap-based BoF in Windows clfs.sys caused by a length calculation bug, leading to potential system crashes but unlikely to enable privilege escalation

    Post summary

    The post lists three CVEs with technical details linking to writeups, but lacks evidence of active exploitation, exploit code, or patches.

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  • Blue Team News@blueteamsec1
    General

    Chasing the Ghost in the Log: A Deep Dive into CVE-2026-20820 http://dlvr.it/TRv8m7 #cyber #threathunting #infosec

    Post summary

    The tweet merely points to an article titled "Chasing the Ghost in the Log: A Deep Dive into CVE-2026-20820," without revealing any specific details, PoC, exploit code, or patch information.

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  • CVETrends@CVEShield
    General

    Top 5 Trending CVEs: 1 - CVE-2026-20841 2 - CVE-2017-0144 3 - CVE-2026-20820 4 - CVE-2026-29182 5 - CVE-2026-20079 #cve #cvetrends #cveshield #cybersecurity https://www.cveshield.com/dashboard

    Post summary

    The post simply lists the top five trending CVEs with no additional technical information or actionable details.

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  • VulnTracker@vuln_tracker
    General

    @rouge_cravate Thanks for excellent deep-dive into CVE-2026-20820! CLFS driver buffer overflows are notoriously tricky to analyze. We've had added this CVE to our dashboard, track and monitor it now: https://vulntracker.io/cves/CVE-2026-20820

    Post summary

    The message acknowledges CVE-2026-20820 as a CLFS driver buffer overflow, notes its complexity, and indicates it has been added to a monitoring dashboard.

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CPE platform detail19 entries

19 of 19 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_1607--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_1607--x86
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_1809--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_1809--x86
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_21h2---
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_22h2---
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_23h2---
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_24h2---
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_25h2---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2008--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2008--x86
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2008r2-x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2012---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2012r2--
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2016---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2019---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2022---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2022_23h2---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2025---

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