Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-41095

High

Published: 12 May 2026

Published
12 May 2026
Modified
15 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0005 15.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-41095 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. 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 15.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Use after free in Data Deduplication allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Local use-after-free in Data Deduplication directly enables exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) by an authorized attacker.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

microsoft
windows server 2012
r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.9140
microsoft
windows server 2019
≤ 10.0.17763.8755
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.5074
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.2330
microsoft
windows server 2025
≤ 10.0.26100.32772

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References