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CVE-2026-24289Disclosure(microsoft / windows_10_1607)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch microsoft windows_10_1607 systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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1.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-416

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

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

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 6 mentions across 5 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 5 signals
  • Disclosure: 4 classified signals
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 1d ago at 2 mentions (2026-03-17); latest day: 1
  • 6 total mentions across 5 days

Affected systems

Vendors
microsoft
Products
windows_10_1607windows_10_1809windows_10_21h2windows_10_22h2windows_11_23h2windows_11_24h2windows_11_25h2windows_11_26h1windows_server_2012windows_server_2016

2 versions affected across 14 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline6 mentions / 5d
01122Mentions · 2026-03-11: 1Mentions · 2026-03-13: 1Mentions · 2026-03-14: 1Mentions · 2026-03-17: 2Mentions · 2026-03-29: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-03-29: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-13: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-14: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-17: 2Technical Details · 2026-03-29: 103-1103-1303-1403-1703-29
Signal classification3 categories
Disclosure
466.7%
General
116.7%
Patch
116.7%
Referenced assets7 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-03-111
General1
2026-03-131
Disclosure1
2026-03-141
Disclosure1
2026-03-172
Disclosure2
2026-03-291
Patch1
Full discourse6 posts
  • White Rabbitx@TheRabbitPy
    Patch

    🖥️ CVE-2026-24289 (Windows Kernel): 7.8 EoP to SYSTEM local auth. Patch: March 2026 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24289 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24289 https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2026/3/10/the-march-2026-security-update-review

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-24289 is a Windows Kernel privilege‑escalation flaw (CVSS 7.8) that has been patched in March 2026, with official update links and detailed susceptibility information provided.

    1001071
    492 followersView on X
  • kawn@kawn2020
    General

    #windowsupdate #microsoft ●悪用可能性 －悪用の事実を確認済み：0 件 －悪用される可能性が高い：6 件 ・CVE-2026-23668　7　　Microsoft Graphics コンポーネント ・CVE-2026-24289　7.8　Windows カーネル (つづく…) https://x.com/kawn2020/status/2031579804726919600

    Post summary

    The tweet lists two CVEs with high exploitation potential but provides no further technical details, PoC, exploit code, active exploitation evidence, or patch information.

    1000065
    89 followersView on X
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Disclosure

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-24289 Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24289 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-24289 uso después de liberar en el Kernel de Windows permite a un atacante autorizad… http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The tweet announces CVE-2026-24289, describing it as a kernel use‑after‑free that enables local privilege escalation, with no mention of exploits, patches, or active attacks.

    0000051
    59 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-24289 Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24289

    Post summary

    The text announces CVE‑2026‑24289 as a use‑after‑free in the Windows kernel that permits local privilege elevation, but offers no PoC, exploit, patch, or active exploitation details.

    00000236
    56.7K followersView on X
  • Anonymous Tech@Anonymous_Tech7
    Disclosure

    Microsoft Windows systems are vulnerable to a local privilege escalation exploit via the NDIS Driver, assigned CVE-2026-24289, allowing attackers to escalate privileges with a CVSS rating of 7.8.

    Post summary

    The text announces a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the NDIS driver, identified as CVE-2026-24289, with a CVSS score of 7.8, but does not provide PoC, exploit code, active exploitation evidence, or patch information.

    0000035
    1 followersView on X
  • Aakash Rahsi@rahsi_aaka
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-24289 | Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability https://www.aakashrahsi.online/post/cve-2026-24289 https://t.co/uNZo99RArL

    Post summary

    The post reports the existence of CVE‑2026‑24289, a Windows kernel privilege‑escalation flaw, and provides a link to an external blog for details.

    0000034
    2 followersView on X
CPE platform detail25 entries

25 of 25 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_1607--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_1607--x86
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_1809--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_1809--x86
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_21h2--arm64
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_21h2--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_21h2--x86
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_22h2--arm64
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_22h2--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_10_22h2--x86
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_23h2--arm64
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_23h2--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_24h2--arm64
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_24h2--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_25h2--arm64
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_25h2--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_26h1--arm64
OSmicrosoftwindows_11_26h1--x64
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2012---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2012r2--
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2016---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2019---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2022---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2022_23h2---
OSmicrosoftwindows_server_2025--x64

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