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Medium 6.5Published Jan 13, 2026
CVE-2026-20872External control of file name or path in Windows NTLM allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
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External control of file name or path in Windows NTLM allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-73
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jul 30, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
microsoft windows_10_1607 microsoft:windows_10_1607 | before 10.0.14393.8783; before 10.0.14393.8783 | NVD |
microsoft windows_10_1809 microsoft:windows_10_1809 | before 10.0.17763.8276; before 10.0.17763.8276 | NVD |
microsoft windows_10_21h2 microsoft:windows_10_21h2 | before 10.0.19044.6809 | NVD |
microsoft windows_10_22h2 microsoft:windows_10_22h2 | before 10.0.19045.6809 | NVD |
microsoft windows_11_23h2 microsoft:windows_11_23h2 | before 10.0.22631.6491 | NVD |
microsoft windows_11_24h2 microsoft:windows_11_24h2 | before 10.0.26100.7623 | NVD |
microsoft windows_11_25h2 microsoft:windows_11_25h2 | before 10.0.26200.7623 | NVD |
microsoft windows_server_2008 microsoft:windows_server_2008 | all versions; all versions; r2 | NVD |
microsoft windows_server_2012 microsoft:windows_server_2012 | all versions; r2 | NVD |
microsoft windows_server_2016 microsoft:windows_server_2016 | before 10.0.14393.8783 | NVD |
microsoft windows_server_2019 microsoft:windows_server_2019 | before 10.0.17763.8276 | NVD |
microsoft windows_server_2022 microsoft:windows_server_2022 | before 10.0.20348.4648 | NVD |
microsoft windows_server_2022_23h2 microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2 | before 10.0.25398.2092 | NVD |
microsoft windows_server_2025 microsoft:windows_server_2025 | before 10.0.26100.32230 | NVD |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20872vendor-advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-20872-detection-script-spoofing-vulnerability-in-windows-ntlm
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-20872-mitigation-script-spoofing-vulnerability-in-windows-ntlm
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