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CVE-2024-26169

Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

  • High 7.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 13 Jun 2024
  • Used in ransomware campaigns

Description

Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Key facts

Published
12 Mar 2024
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
microsoft
KEV added
13 Jun 2024
KEV fix due
4 Jul 2024
Used in ransomware
Yes, according to CISA
EPSS
4.014% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 90.731% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (microsoft)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1809
  • 10.0.17763.0 up to but excluding 10.0.17763.5576 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1809
  • 10.0.0 up to but excluding 10.0.17763.5576 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019
  • 10.0.17763.0 up to but excluding 10.0.17763.5576 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • 10.0.17763.0 up to but excluding 10.0.17763.5576 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022
  • 10.0.20348.0 up to but excluding 10.0.20348.2340 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 11 version 21H2
  • 10.0.0 up to but excluding 10.0.22000.2836 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H2
  • 10.0.19043.0 up to but excluding 10.0.19044.4170 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 11 version 22H2
  • 10.0.22621.0 up to but excluding 10.0.22621.3296 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 22H2
  • 10.0.19045.0 up to but excluding 10.0.19045.4170 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 11 version 22H3
  • 10.0.22631.0 up to but excluding 10.0.22631.3296 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 11 Version 23H2
  • 10.0.22631.0 up to but excluding 10.0.22631.3296 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • 10.0.25398.0 up to but excluding 10.0.25398.763 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1507
  • 10.0.10240.0 up to but excluding 10.0.10240.20526 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1607
  • 10.0.14393.0 up to but excluding 10.0.14393.6796 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016
  • 10.0.14393.0 up to but excluding 10.0.14393.6796 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • 10.0.14393.0 up to but excluding 10.0.14393.6796 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2
  • 6.3.9600.0 up to but excluding 6.3.9600.21871 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • 6.3.9600.0 up to but excluding 6.3.9600.21871 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2024 Published
  2. 13 Jun 2024 CVE-2024-26169 added to CISA KEV
  3. 13 Jun 2024 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References