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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach RRAS endpoint over network
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted RRAS request
  3. Exploit
    Trigger read of uninitialized buffer
  4. Execution
    Receive leaked memory contents
  5. Impact
    Harvest sensitive data for follow-on attack

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Variable initialization
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the target Windows system to have the Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) role installed, enabled, and network-reachable by the attacker - RRAS is not installed or running by default on Windows client or server, which is the single largest limiting factor. When RRAS is present and exposed, the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) indicates no authentication, no user interaction, and no special privileges are needed beyond network access to the service. Impact is bounded to confidentiality (information disclosure of uninitialized memory); there is no code execution, modification, or denial of service. Realistic risk concentrates on internet-facing or broadly-reachable remote-access/VPN gateways running RRAS.

Impact

Signals are consistent and point to a genuine but moderate-priority information-disclosure issue rather than a top-tier emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated read against systems running RRAS, yielding C:H with no integrity or availability impact (I:N/A:N) - the 7.5 score is driven entirely by confidentiality. CISA's SSVC framework corroborates this nuance: Exploitation is 'none' (no observed activity), Technical Impact is only 'partial' (not total system compromise), but Automatable is 'yes', meaning the memory-disclosure read could be scripted and repeated at scale against exposed endpoints. There is no CISA KEV listing and no POC referenced, so this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'. The main tension is scope: although AV:N implies broad network exposure, exploitation is gated on the RRAS role being installed and reachable, which is NOT a default Windows configuration - so the effective attack surface is far narrower than 'all Windows hosts'. EPSS was not provided in the input and cannot be cited. Net: patch on a normal prioritized cadence (elevate for internet-facing RAS/VPN gateways), but this is not a drop-everything confirmed-exploited flaw.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker with network reachability to a Windows host running the Routing and Remote Access Service sends crafted RRAS protocol traffic that triggers the service to return the contents of an uninitialized memory buffer. The leaked bytes may contain fragments of sensitive process memory (pointers, tokens, or prior message data) usable for further attacks. No public exploit or active exploitation is referenced, and the attack requires RRAS to be enabled and exposed.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 1.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

Unauthenticated remote attackers can read uninitialized-memory contents from network-reachable Windows hosts that run the Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), resulting in disclosure of potentially sensitive process data (CVSS 7.5; vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). Exposure is strongly limited by deployment posture: RRAS is not installed, enabled, or running by default on either Windows client or Windows Server, so realistic risk concentrates on internet-facing or broadly reachable remote-access/VPN gateways and on custom routing roles. CISA's SSVC decision framework rates exploitation as "none" with partial technical impact, and no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, although the issue is rated automatable; Microsoft has published fixes through its Security Update Guide.

RemediationAI

Apply Microsoft's vendor-released patch from the Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2026-85322 (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-85322), which raises affected systems to the fixed builds tracked in EUVD: Windows Server 2025 to 10.0.26100.33650, Server 2022 to 10.0.20348.5761, Server 2019 to 10.0.17763.9376, Server 2016 to 10.0.14393.9612, Server 2012 R2 to 6.3.9600.23470, Server 2012 to 6.2.9200.26434, Windows 10 21H2/22H2 to 10.0.19044.7807, Windows 10 1809 to 10.0.17763.9376, Windows 10 1607 to 10.0.14393.9612, 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 11 26H1 to 10.0.28000.3231, and Windows 11 26H2 to 10.0.26300.9711; verify patch level against these build numbers rather than relying on the monthly rollup label alone. Where RRAS is not actually required, the highest-value compensating control is to remove the role or stop and disable the service, which eliminates the attack surface entirely at the cost of losing VPN termination and routing functionality on that host. Where RRAS must stay, restrict reachability with host firewall and perimeter ACLs so only known VPN peer addresses or management subnets can reach the RRAS listeners (PPTP TCP 1723 plus GRE, L2TP UDP 1701, IKEv2 UDP 500/4500, SSTP TCP 443, and the associated RPC/WMI management paths); the trade-off is that roaming or dynamic-IP clients will be blocked until their addresses are whitelisted, and a misconfigured rule can silently break remote access. Segmenting RRAS gateways onto dedicated VLANs and monitoring for anomalous or repeated probing of RRAS ports provides detection depth without altering service behavior, but it is not a substitute for the vendor patch.

Affected VersionsENISA

Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.33650
Windows 10 Version 22H2 10.0.19045.0 <10.0.19044.7807
Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.9612
Windows 11 Version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.7652
Windows Server 2012 R2 6.3.9600.0 <6.3.9600.23470
Windows 11 Version 26H2 10.0.26300.0 <10.0.26300.9711
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) 6.2.9200.0 <6.2.9200.26434
Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9376
Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 <10.0.26200.9711
Windows Server 2012 6.2.9200.0 <6.2.9200.26434
Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.33650
Windows 10 Version 21H2 10.0.19044.0 <10.0.19044.7807
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9376
Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.9612
Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.0 <10.0.20348.5761
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) 6.3.9600.0 <6.3.9600.23470
Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.9711
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.9612
Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9376
Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.0 <10.0.28000.3231

Affected Packages

euvd windows_10_version_1607 fix: 10.0.14393.9612
euvd windows_10_version_1809 fix: 10.0.17763.9376
euvd windows_10_version_21h2 fix: 10.0.19044.7807
euvd windows_10_version_22h2 fix: 10.0.19044.7807
euvd windows_11_version_23h2 fix: 10.0.22631.7652
euvd windows_11_version_24h2 fix: 10.0.26100.9711
euvd windows_11_version_25h2 fix: 10.0.26200.9711
euvd windows_11_version_26h1 fix: 10.0.28000.3231
euvd windows_11_version_26h2 fix: 10.0.26300.9711
euvd windows_server_2012 fix: 6.2.9200.26434
euvd windows_server_2012_r2 fix: 6.3.9600.23470
euvd windows_server_2012_r2_server_core_installation fix: 6.3.9600.23470
euvd windows_server_2012_server_core_installation fix: 6.2.9200.26434
euvd windows_server_2016 fix: 10.0.14393.9612
euvd windows_server_2016_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.14393.9612
euvd windows_server_2019 fix: 10.0.17763.9376
euvd windows_server_2019_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.17763.9376
euvd windows_server_2022 fix: 10.0.20348.5761
euvd windows_server_2025 fix: 10.0.26100.33650
euvd windows_server_2025_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.26100.33650

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 20 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource): RRAS allocates a buffer or resource for handling network traffic but returns or transmits it without first initializing its contents, so whatever residual data previously occupied that memory - pointers, fragments of other process or kernel data, cached credentials or configuration strings - can be leaked to the requester. Because the vector is PR:N and UI:N, the attacker needs no credentials and no victim interaction, only the ability to send packets to the RRAS endpoint, and the impact is bounded to confidentiality (C:H with I:N/A:N), meaning no code execution, data modification, or denial of service is claimed. RRAS is the Windows role that provides VPN termination (PPTP, L2TP/IPsec, SSTP, IKEv2) and dynamic routing/remote-access functions; when installed, the service exposes listeners that are reachable over the network, which is the precondition our independent assessment identifies as the single largest limiting factor. The EUVD record (EUVD-2026-99462) shows the flaw spans the current Windows servicing branches rather than a single product SKU - Windows Server 2016/2019/2022/2025 and older Server 2012/2012 R2, Windows 10 1607/1809/21H2/22H2, and Windows 11 23H2/24H2/25H2/26H1/26H2 - including Server Core installation variants, indicating a shared platform code path in the RRAS networking stack. No CPE strings were supplied with the intelligence, so product matchers should be derived from the affected build ranges below and the MSRC advisory.

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Severity by source

Vendor (microsoft) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Network-reachable RRAS service read with no auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); confidentiality-only memory disclosure gives C:H, I:N, A:N; RRAS being enabled is a deployment condition, not attacker privilege.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).

CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 13, 2026 - 20:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 13, 2026 - 19:20 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

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Why It Matters

A memory-disclosure flaw in Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) can allow an unauthenticated network attacker to read residual process memory, potentially exposing credentials, session data, or other sensitive information processed by remote-access and VPN gateways. Because RRAS is not installed or enabled by default, real exposure is confined to organizations that deliberately operate it on internet-facing or broadly reachable routing and remote-access infrastructure. With no public exploit code, no confirmed active exploitation, and a vendor patch already published, this is a prioritized maintenance item rather than an emergency, though it should not be left unaddressed on perimeter VPN concentrators.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 36% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Windows is ubiquitous but RRAS is an optional, non-default role
Vendor Status
Publicly Disclosed:No
Exploited:No
Latest Software Release:Exploitation Unlikely
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 1.0%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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