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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-21237

CVE-2026-21237

Description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

27
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 10.0.25398.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 10.0.26100.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 version 1607cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.22631.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Subsystem For Linuxllm-fuzzy
  • Microsoft/Windows 11 23h2cpe-rescue3 versions
    10.0.22631.0+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: 10.0.22631.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*range: <10.0.22631.6649
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: <10.0.22631.6649
  • Microsoft/Windows 11 24h2cpe-rescue3 versions
    10.0.26100.0+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: 10.0.26100.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*range: <10.0.26100.7781
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: <10.0.26100.7781
  • Microsoft/Windows 11 25h2cpe-rescue3 versions
    10.0.26200.0+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: 10.0.26200.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*range: <10.0.26200.7781
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: <10.0.26200.7781
  • Microsoft/Windows 11 26h1cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.28000.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2025cpe-rescue2 versions
    10.0.26100.0+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 10.0.26100.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.26100.32313
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 16078 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*range: <10.0.19044.6937
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: <10.0.19044.6937
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: <10.0.19044.6937
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*range: <10.0.19045.6937
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*range: <10.0.19045.6937
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: <10.0.19045.6937
    • (no CPE)range: 10.0.19044.0
    • (no CPE)range: 10.0.19045.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20032 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.20348.4711
    • (no CPE)range: 10.0.20348.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2012
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <10.0.25398.2149

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