CVE-2026-32080: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Use after free in Windows WalletService allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-32080) involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows WalletService on Windows Server 2016 (version 10.0.14393.0). Exploitation requires local access with some privileges and no user interaction. Successful exploitation could lead to elevation of privileges, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. Microsoft has released an official patch to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker could exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate their privileges on the affected Windows Server 2016 system. This could allow the attacker to gain higher-level access than intended, potentially compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the provided security update from Microsoft as soon as possible to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-32080: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Description
Use after free in Windows WalletService allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-32080) involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows WalletService on Windows Server 2016 (version 10.0.14393.0). Exploitation requires local access with some privileges and no user interaction. Successful exploitation could lead to elevation of privileges, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. Microsoft has released an official patch to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker could exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate their privileges on the affected Windows Server 2016 system. This could allow the attacker to gain higher-level access than intended, potentially compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the provided security update from Microsoft as soon as possible to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-10T22:02:18.666Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32080","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a2b82d89c981fd6bba6
Added to database: 4/14/2026, 5:32:27 PM
Last enriched: 5/19/2026, 10:43:09 AM
Last updated: 5/30/2026, 9:58:19 AM
Views: 144
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