CVE-2026-24292
Published: 10 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24292 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 17.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-16 (Memory Protection) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Requires timely patching and flaw remediation to directly eliminate the use-after-free vulnerability in Cdpsvc.
Implements memory safeguards like ASLR and DEP to protect against use-after-free exploitation attempts.
Enforces least privilege on processes and services like Cdpsvc to limit the scope of privilege escalation.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Use-after-free in Windows system service (Cdpsvc) directly enables local privilege escalation exploit by low-privileged attacker (T1068).
NVD Description
Use after free in Connected Devices Platform Service (Cdpsvc) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-24292 is a use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in the Connected Devices Platform Service (Cdpsvc) on Windows systems. Published on 2026-03-10T18:18:20.053, it has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant impact.
The vulnerability can be exploited by an authorized local attacker with low privileges who has access to the target system. Exploitation requires low complexity and no user interaction, allowing the attacker to achieve privilege escalation with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation details are available in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24292.
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