CVE-2026-61361: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Use after free in Windows DHCP Client allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-61361) involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows DHCP Client on Windows 11 Version 24H2 (build 10.0.26100.0). Exploitation requires local privileges and a high attack complexity, but no user interaction is needed. Successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker could exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise including confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
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-2026-61361 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-61361: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Description
Use after free in Windows DHCP Client allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-61361) involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows DHCP Client on Windows 11 Version 24H2 (build 10.0.26100.0). Exploitation requires local privileges and a high attack complexity, but no user interaction is needed. Successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker could exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise including confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
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-2026-61361 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-08T17:30:25.176Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-61361","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a7b5802bf8831d53915583b
Added to database: 08/11/2026, 17:12:34 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 22:56:21 UTC
Last updated: 08/12/2026, 00:12:10 UTC
Views: 3
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