PT-2026-24301 · Microsoft · Windows

CVE-2026-25174 · Published 2026-03-10 · Updated 2026-03-16

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows versions (affected versions not specified)

Description An out-of-bounds read issue exists in Windows Extensible File Allocation. This can allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. The vulnerability is related to reading beyond the allocated buffer in memory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-03060

CVE-2026-25174

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2026-25174 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-03060 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25174 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25174 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25174 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-25174 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2033361153221333363 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/155454 · Telegram Post