Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-45635

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 0.0052 40.3th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-45635 is a high-severity Type Confusion (CWE-843) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21H2. 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 40.3th 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 Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CWE(s)
CWE-843CWE-416

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.
attack.mitre.org →
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Why these techniques?

Remote use-after-free RCE in network-exposed UPnP service directly enables remote exploitation of public-facing apps or remote services.

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.9234 · ≤ 10.0.14393.9234
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.8880 · ≤ 10.0.17763.8880
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.7417 · ≤ 10.0.19044.7417 · ≤ 10.0.19044.7417
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.7417 · ≤ 10.0.19045.7417 · ≤ 10.0.19045.7417
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 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.9234
+3 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

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

References