Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-42981

HighUpdated

Published: 09 June 2026

Published
09 June 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0064 46.1th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-42981 is a high-severity Wrap or Wraparound (CWE-191) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 11 23H2. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 46.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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Vulnerability details

Integer underflow (wrap or wraparound) in Windows Performance Monitor allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CWE(s)
CWE-191

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Integer underflow in a remotely accessible Windows component directly enables remote code execution by an unauthenticated network attacker, mapping to T1190.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.7219 · ≤ 10.0.22631.7219
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.8655 · ≤ 10.0.26100.8655
microsoft
windows 11 25h2
≤ 10.0.26200.8655 · ≤ 10.0.26200.8655
microsoft
windows 11 26h1
≤ 10.0.28000.2269 · ≤ 10.0.28000.2269
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.5256
microsoft
windows server 2025
≤ 10.0.26100.32995

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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