Medium severity4.6NVD Advisory· Published Jan 13, 2026· Updated Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2026-20834
CVE-2026-20834
Description
Absolute path traversal in Windows Shell allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing with a physical attack.
Affected products
44- Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 6.1.7601.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 6.0.6003.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 6.2.9200.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 6.3.9600.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.14393.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.17763.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.25398.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.26100.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: <10.0.14393.8783
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: <10.0.14393.8783
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.19044.6809
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.19045.6809
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.14393.0
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.19044.0
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.19045.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: <10.0.17763.8276
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: <10.0.17763.8276
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.17763.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.22631.6491
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.22631.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.26100.7623
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.26100.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.26200.7623
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.26200.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
- (no CPE)range: 6.1.7601.0
- (no CPE)range: 6.0.6003.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.25398.2092
- (no CPE)range: 6.2.9200.0
- (no CPE)range: 6.3.9600.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.14393.8783
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.14393.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.17763.8276
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.17763.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.20348.4648
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.20348.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.26100.32230
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.26100.0
- Range: 10.0.22631.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20834nvdVendor Advisory
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