CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-88173

8.1 HIGH Published 2026-10-13 Modified 2026-10-20 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-10-13
Last modified
2026-10-20
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-367, CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.9612) • microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.9376) • microsoft windows server 2012 • microsoft windows server 2012 r2 • microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.9612) • microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.9376) • microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.5761) • microsoft windows server 2025 (< 10.0.26100.33650)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition weakness
  • CWE-416 Use After Free weakness

References