CVE-2026-72945
Windows Task Scheduler Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Task Scheduler allows an authorized attacker to disclose information 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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Task Scheduler Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Task Scheduler allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-72945- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-10
EUVDEUVD-2026-73113
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Task Scheduler allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-73113- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-10
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8f9-hp9c-2h2g
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Task Scheduler allows an authorized attacker to disclose...
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Task Scheduler allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
GHSA-j8f9-hp9c-2h2g- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Task Scheduler allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-72945- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows 10 1607
- microsoft windows 10 1809
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-72945 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607, published September 8, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.