High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-21241
CVE-2026-21241
Description
Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected products
19- 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
- Range: 10.0.22631.0
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
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
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
- Range: 10.0.28000.0
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
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
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <10.0.25398.2149
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21241nvdVendor Advisory
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