Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged local user
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DeliveryAccess Windows NFS component interface
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ExploitSupply crafted input triggering untrusted pointer dereference
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ExecutionRead out-of-bounds/privileged memory
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ImpactDisclose sensitive information
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Untrusted pointer prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the Windows Network File System (NFS) server role/feature to be installed and running on the target host - this is NOT enabled in default Windows installations, which sharply limits the real-world attack surface. The attacker must already have local access and low-level authenticated privileges (PR:L) on the system, and must overcome high attack complexity (AC:H), indicating a race condition or a specific memory/timing state that is not reliably reproducible. No user interaction is required (UI:N). Impact is confined to local information disclosure (C:H only); there is no integrity or availability impact and no remote network vector. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity, low-priority information disclosure flaw (CVSS 4.7) that is unlikely to warrant emergency patching. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) is internally consistent and self-limiting: exploitation requires local access, already-held low privileges (PR:L, authenticated), and high attack complexity (AC:H), yielding only confidentiality impact (C:H) with no integrity or availability effect. All exploitation signals point toward low real-world risk: no EPSS score was provided, the CVE is NOT in CISA KEV, and no public proof-of-concept is referenced - so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. No SSVC decision data (exploitation status, automatable, technical impact) was supplied. The combination of local-only vector, required authentication, and high complexity makes automatable mass exploitation implausible; this reads as a defense-in-depth memory-safety fix rather than an active threat. Note the only reference is the Microsoft MSRC update-guide entry - no technical write-up, NVD enrichment, or EPSS/KEV telemetry is available to corroborate exploitability, so the assessment rests primarily on the CVSS vector and terse description. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged local user on a Windows host running the Network File System role triggers an untrusted pointer dereference (CWE-822) in the NFS component, likely by supplying crafted input through an NFS interface, to read memory the attacker should not be able to access. The high attack complexity (AC:H) implies a race condition or precise memory-state requirement rather than a deterministic trigger, and no public exploit code is known to exist, so successful exploitation requires non-trivial effort. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026
Local information disclosure in Microsoft's Windows Network File System (NFS) server component allows an authenticated local attacker with low-level privileges to read memory contents the process should not expose, via an untrusted pointer dereference (CWE-822) rated CVSS 3.1 4.7 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). The flaw requires the Windows NFS server role/feature to be installed and running, which is not enabled by default, and high attack complexity suggests a race or specific memory-timing condition that is not reliably reproducible; there is no integrity or availability impact. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not confirmed as actively exploited (not in CISA KEV), so this is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue for most environments. Vendor-released patches are available for all affected Windows builds.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor-released patch: Microsoft has published fixes for this issue, so upgrade each affected host to the cumulative build listed for its branch - Windows Server 2025 to 10.0.26100.33650 or later, Windows Server 2022 to 10.0.20348.5761 or later, Windows Server 2019 / Windows 10 1809 to 10.0.17763.9376 or later, Windows Server 2016 / Windows 10 1607 to 10.0.14393.9612 or later, Windows Server 2012 R2 to 6.3.9600.23470 or later, Windows Server 2012 to 6.2.9200.26434 or later, Windows Server 2022-family 10.0.x to 10.0.20348.5761 or later, Windows 10 21H2/22H2 to 10.0.19044.7807 or later, and Windows 11 23H2/24H2/25H2/26H1/26H2 to 10.0.22631.7652, 10.0.26100.9711, 10.0.26200.9711, 10.0.28000.3231, and 10.0.26300.9711 respectively, per the advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102186. Because the flaw requires the NFS server role, the strongest compensating control for hosts that do not need it is to remove the role service - uninstall 'Server for NFS' / 'Services for NFS' via Server Manager or Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature, or stop and disable the Server for NFS (nfsrv) service; the trade-off is that all NFS exports and NFS-dependent client mounts immediately stop working, while SMB sharing is unaffected. If NFS must remain, reduce the pool of local accounts with interactive logon rights and remove unnecessary local administrators/operators, since exploitation still requires low-privileged local access plus a hard-to-win timing condition; auditing local logon events (4624/4672) on NFS servers can help detect anomalous post-exploitation activity. Network segmentation does not help here because there is no remote vector, and blocking NFS ports (2049/TCP-UDP) would only disrupt legitimate clients without addressing the local dereference path.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected technology is the Windows Network File System (NFS) server - a kernel-mode component installed as the optional 'Server for NFS' role service / Services for NFS, which lets Windows hosts export filesystems to NFS clients and which shares kernel resources with the broader networking and filesystem stacks. The root cause class is CWE-822 (Untrusted Pointer Dereference): the component consumes a pointer value derived from attacker-influenced input without validating that it references legitimate kernel or process memory, and then dereferences it, causing out-of-bounds reads whose contents can be disclosed back to the caller. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) indicates the dereference is triggered from a local context by a low-privileged authenticated user, requires a non-trivial win condition (hence AC:H), requires no user interaction, and is scoped to the vulnerable component (S:U) with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact. Because the leaked data originates in kernel memory, successful exploitation can undermine ASLR/KASLR and serve as a reconnaissance primitive in a larger local privilege-escalation chain, though this CVE on its own yields only disclosure. This maps to Microsoft's January 2026 Windows security update family, with fixes delivered as cumulative OS builds; the attack surface is gated by the NFS server role being installed, which is not the default configuration on Windows client or server SKUs.
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AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description states local disclosure by an authorized attacker, so AV:L and PR:L; untrusted pointer dereference with no reliable trigger justifies AC:H; only confidentiality is affected (C:H, I:N, A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Network File System allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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