CVE-2026-32181
Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-32181- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-22563
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-22563- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hwgj-f8qr-8j83
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to deny service...
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
GHSA-hwgj-f8qr-8j83- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-32181- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 25h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 26h1
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-32181 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2, published April 14, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32181
vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-32181-detection-script-dos-vulnerability-in-windows-connected-user-experiences-and-telemetry-service
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32181
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwgj-f8qr-8j83