CVE-2026-57092: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Use after free in Windows VMSwitch allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-416 (Use After Free), exists in the Windows VMSwitch component of Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). It allows an attacker with some level of authorization to exploit the use-after-free condition remotely over a network to elevate their privileges. The vulnerability is rated critical with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9, reflecting its high exploitability and impact. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining full control. The impact affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this report.
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-2026-57092 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-57092: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Use after free in Windows VMSwitch allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.9critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-416 (Use After Free), exists in the Windows VMSwitch component of Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). It allows an attacker with some level of authorization to exploit the use-after-free condition remotely over a network to elevate their privileges. The vulnerability is rated critical with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9, reflecting its high exploitability and impact. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining full control. The impact affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this report.
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-2026-57092 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-23T18:29:51.053Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57092","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a5676bd68715ace43f0afdd
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:49:49 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 15:54:46 UTC
Last updated: 08/25/2026, 22:52:12 UTC
Views: 140
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