CVE-2026-25189: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Use after free in Windows DWM Core Library allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library on Windows 10 Version 1809. Exploitation requires local access with some privileges and does not require user interaction. Successful exploitation could lead to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact by elevating privileges locally. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-416 and has been assigned CVE-2026-25189. Microsoft has released a patch to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate their privileges on the affected Windows 10 Version 1809 system. This could allow the attacker to gain higher-level access than intended, potentially compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available from Microsoft to fix this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the official update for Windows 10 Version 1809 as soon as possible to remediate this issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch on affected endpoints.
CVE-2026-25189: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Description
Use after free in Windows DWM Core Library allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library on Windows 10 Version 1809. Exploitation requires local access with some privileges and does not require user interaction. Successful exploitation could lead to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact by elevating privileges locally. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-416 and has been assigned CVE-2026-25189. Microsoft has released a patch to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate their privileges on the affected Windows 10 Version 1809 system. This could allow the attacker to gain higher-level access than intended, potentially compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available from Microsoft to fix this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the official update for Windows 10 Version 1809 as soon as possible to remediate this issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch on affected endpoints.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-29T18:36:49.696Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69b0562fea502d3aa87d6adf
Added to database: 3/10/2026, 5:34:39 PM
Last enriched: 4/18/2026, 2:14:06 PM
Last updated: 4/28/2026, 7:57:14 AM
Views: 73
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