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CVE-2026-32181

5.5 MEDIUM

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

Published: 2026-04-14 · Last updated: 2026-05-26

Severity and scoring

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
CWE-269

Affected products

VendorProduct
microsoftwindows_10_21h2, windows_10_22h2, windows_11_23h2

Description

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

Source: NVD

References

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