CVE-2026-26151: CWE-357: Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Insufficient ui warning of dangerous operations in Windows Remote Desktop allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves insufficient UI warnings in Windows Remote Desktop on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). Due to this, an unauthorized attacker can perform spoofing attacks over a network by exploiting the lack of adequate user interface notifications for dangerous operations. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.1, reflecting high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit the insufficient UI warning to spoof legitimate Remote Desktop sessions, potentially misleading users and causing unauthorized actions. The confidentiality impact is high, integrity impact is low, and availability impact is none. This could lead to unauthorized disclosure or misrepresentation in Remote Desktop connections.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26151 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-26151: CWE-357: Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Insufficient ui warning of dangerous operations in Windows Remote Desktop allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.1high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves insufficient UI warnings in Windows Remote Desktop on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). Due to this, an unauthorized attacker can perform spoofing attacks over a network by exploiting the lack of adequate user interface notifications for dangerous operations. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.1, reflecting high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit the insufficient UI warning to spoof legitimate Remote Desktop sessions, potentially misleading users and causing unauthorized actions. The confidentiality impact is high, integrity impact is low, and availability impact is none. This could lead to unauthorized disclosure or misrepresentation in Remote Desktop connections.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26151 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-11T16:24:51.135Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26151","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a1682d89c981fd6a62a
Added to database: 04/14/2026, 17:32:06 UTC
Last enriched: 06/19/2026, 16:58:10 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 179
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