Instituto Nacional de ciberseguridad. Sección Incibe
Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad. Sección INCIBE-CERT

Go to Calendar     Go to Press Room     Go to Newsletters subscription

Search

CVE-2026-40402

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
12/05/2026
Last modified:
15/05/2026

Description

Use after free in Windows Hyper-V allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.30
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* 10.0.22631.7079 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* 10.0.22631.7079 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.0.20348.5074 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools