How severe is CVE-2026-20872?

CVE-2026-20872 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). EPSS estimates a 20.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE-2026-20872: NTLM Hash Disclosure Spoofing

Description

External control of file name or path in Windows NTLM allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationnone

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	10.0.14393.0 to <10.0.14393.8783
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	10.0.17763.0 to <10.0.17763.8276
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	10.0.19044.0 to <10.0.19044.6809
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	10.0.19045.0 to <10.0.19045.6809
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 23H2	10.0.22631.0 to <10.0.22631.6491
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 23H2	10.0.22631.0 to <10.0.22631.6491
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 24H2	10.0.26100.0 to <10.0.26100.7623
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 25H2	10.0.26200.0 to <10.0.26200.7623
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1	6.1.7601.0 to <6.1.7601.28117
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)	6.1.7601.0 to <6.1.7601.28117
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2	6.0.6003.0 to <6.0.6003.23717
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)	6.0.6003.0 to <6.0.6003.23717
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012	6.2.9200.0 to <6.2.9200.25868
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	6.2.9200.0 to <6.2.9200.25868
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2	6.3.9600.0 to <6.3.9600.22968
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	6.3.9600.0 to <6.3.9600.22968
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	10.0.14393.0 to <10.0.14393.8783
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	10.0.14393.0 to <10.0.14393.8783
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	10.0.17763.0 to <10.0.17763.8276
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	10.0.17763.0 to <10.0.17763.8276
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	10.0.20348.0 to <10.0.20348.4648
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)	10.0.25398.0 to <10.0.25398.2092
Microsoft	Windows Server 2025	10.0.26100.0 to <10.0.26100.32230
Microsoft	Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)	10.0.26100.0 to <10.0.26100.32230

References

3 Links

Vendor advisories

NTLM Hash Disclosure Spoofing Vulnerability

Other references

Record Details

Published

2026-01-13

Last updated

2026-07-30

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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