CVE-2024-26209
Published: 09 April 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-26209 is a medium-severity Use of Uninitialized Resource (CWE-908) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-26209 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Microsoft Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) on Windows systems. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 and is associated with CWE-908, indicating use of uninitialized resources that can expose sensitive data.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw without user interaction to read high-value information from LSASS memory. The attack requires local access and does not impact integrity or availability.
Microsoft has published remediation guidance at the referenced security update guide. The EPSS score has remained modest, with a recorded peak of 0.1522 and a current value of 0.1271.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-23485
Vulnerability details
Microsoft Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.