CVE-2024-26170
Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26170- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-23446
Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-23446- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xpwc-q7w4-49mq
Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-xpwc-q7w4-49mq- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26170- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 22h2
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Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | ProbNotAnExploiter/CVE-2024-26170-extended | 2026-06-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-26170 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2, published March 12, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.65%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.