CVE-2026-32202
Windows Shell Spoofing Vulnerability
In short
Windows Shell has a flaw that lets attackers trick users by pretending to be legitimate programs or sources over the network. This matters because users could be deceived into running harmful code thinking it's safe.
Technical detail
CWE-693 identifies a failure in Windows Shell's protection mechanism that permits network-based spoofing attacks. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to impersonate legitimate shell operations or sources, potentially leading to social engineering or code execution via deceptive presentation.
Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Protection mechanism failure in Windows Shell allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 25H2Microsoft · Windows 11 version 26H1Microsoft · Windows Server 2012Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2016Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2019Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2022Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2025Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)public PoCs found — 2
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https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32202https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-32202https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-32202-detection-script-spoofing-vulnerability-in-windows-shellhttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-32202-mitigation-script-spoofing-vulnerability-in-windows-shell