Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to local Windows host
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DeliveryInvoke affected Netlogon operation
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ExploitTrigger use of uninitialized memory
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ExecutionRead back leaked memory contents
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ImpactHarvest disclosed sensitive data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Variable initialization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already have local, interactive or authenticated access to an affected Windows system (AV:L, PR:L) and to be able to invoke the vulnerable Netlogon code path; no user interaction is needed (UI:N). The limiting factors are significant: there is no network vector, so a foothold with valid low-privilege credentials on the host is a prerequisite, and the outcome is confined to information disclosure (C:H, I:N, A:N) of uninitialized memory whose contents are not attacker-controlled and may not always contain useful secrets. Affected builds span Windows 10 (1607/1809/21H2/22H2), Windows 11 (23H2/24H2/25H2/26H1/26H2), and Windows Server 2012 through 2025; patched builds listed in the EUVD advisory remediate it. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-to-moderate priority issue despite the CVSS 5.5 (MEDIUM) rating, and the multiple signals are consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) describes a local, low-complexity, authenticated attack that yields high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact - a classic information-disclosure primitive from a CWE-908 use-of-uninitialized-resource bug in Netlogon. CISA's SSVC framework reinforces low urgency: Exploitation=none (no observed exploitation), Automatable=no (cannot be mass-scripted because it requires local authenticated access), and Technical Impact=partial. There is no EPSS score provided, no CISA KEV listing, and no public proof-of-concept, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The main value of this disclosure is as a building block - leaked memory (potentially containing secrets, pointers, or tokens) can aid privilege-escalation or defeat ASLR - rather than as a standalone compromise. All signals point the same direction: a real but low-severity defense-in-depth fix, not an emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated user already present on a Windows host interacts with the local Netlogon service and triggers the use of an uninitialized resource, causing previously-used memory contents to be returned to them. The attacker harvests the leaked bytes hoping to recover sensitive data (credentials, pointers, or other process memory) to stage further local privilege escalation. No public proof-of-concept exists, and the attack requires local access plus valid credentials, so it is not remotely or automatically exploitable. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Information disclosure in Microsoft Windows Netlogon allows an attacker who already holds valid low-privilege credentials and local access on a host to read uninitialized memory through the Netlogon code path, potentially exposing residual data from prior process or kernel memory (CWE-908). Per the CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) the flaw is not remotely reachable and requires a pre-existing foothold, but no user interaction is needed and confidentiality impact is rated High; integrity and availability are unaffected. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, CISA SSVC records Exploitation: none and Automatable: no, and vendor patches are available for the affected Windows client and server builds.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patches are available: apply the Microsoft security update that moves each host to or above the fixed build listed for its branch (for example, Windows 10 1607 / Server 2016 to 10.0.14393.9612, Windows 10 1809 / Server 2019 to 10.0.17763.9376, Windows 11 23H2 to 10.0.22631.7652, Windows 11 24H2 to 10.0.26100.9711, Windows 11 25H2 to 10.0.26200.9711, Windows Server 2025 to 10.0.26100.33650, Windows Server 2022 to 10.0.20348.5761, Windows Server 2012 to 6.2.9200.26434 and Server 2012 R2 to 6.3.9600.23470), following the deployment guidance in the MSRC update guide at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70090; note that several of these branches are at or near end of servicing, so affected hosts may need to be moved to a supported release rather than simply patched. Because exploitation requires an attacker to already hold authenticated local access, the effective compensating controls are privilege and access hygiene rather than network blocking: restrict interactive logon and RDP/console access on servers to the minimum administrative population, remove or disable unnecessary local accounts, and audit for low-privilege accounts that gained unexpected footholds. Netlogon is required for domain logon and secure-channel traffic, so disabling the service or firewalling its RPC endpoints is not a realistic mitigation and would break domain authentication; the trade-off is that containment must come from reducing the number of local users who could trigger the code path. No public exploit exists at time of analysis and CISA SSVC rates the issue non-automatable, so patch within standard update cycles rather than emergency timelines, and monitor for anomalous local memory-scraping or Netlogon RPC activity as a detective measure.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is a use of uninitialized resource (CWE-908) in Windows Netlogon, the RPC-based service and authentication component that handles domain controller location, secure channel establishment, and machine-account credential flows between Windows hosts and Active Directory domains. In CWE-908 defects, a buffer or structure is read before it has been fully initialized, so whatever data previously occupied that memory region can be returned to the caller rather than being cleared or never disclosed. Because the CVSS vector is AV:L with PR:L, the vulnerable code path is reached from a local context by a caller that already possesses authenticated, low-privileged credentials on the machine; there is no network vector and no user interaction (UI:N). Impact is confined to confidentiality (C:H, I:N, A:N), and because the disclosed contents are uninitialized memory rather than attacker-written data, their usefulness depends on what happened to reside in those allocations, so the practical yield is variable rather than a guaranteed secret extraction. CPE/version data ties the defect to a very broad Windows footprint: Windows 10 1607 through 22H2, Windows 11 23H2, 24H2, 25H2, 26H1 and 26H2, and Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025 (including Server Core installations), with fixed build numbers published for each.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Local authenticated access is required (AV:L, PR:L) to reach the Netlogon path, the flaw leaks memory only (C:H) with no integrity or availability effect and no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Netlogon allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
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