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CVE-2026-72940

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Publication date:
08/09/2026
Last modified:
22/09/2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Schannel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Impact

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

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* 10.0.22631.7582 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* 10.0.22631.7582 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* 10.0.26100.9445 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* 10.0.26100.9445 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* 10.0.26200.9445 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* 10.0.26200.9445 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* 10.0.28000.2954 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* 10.0.28000.2954 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.0.20348.5622 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.0.26100.33438 (excluding)

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


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