CVE-2026-55015
Microsoft Remote Help Denial of Service Vulnerability
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Remote Help 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
Microsoft Remote Help Denial of Service Vulnerability
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Remote Help allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-55015- 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-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-63696
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Remote Help allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-63696- 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-pjfm-62f3-8p84
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Remote Help allows an authorized attacker to deny...
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Remote Help allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
GHSA-pjfm-62f3-8p84- 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-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Remote Help allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-55015- 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-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2026-55015 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Remote Help, published August 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.98%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.