Summary
Impact: Spoofing. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to loss of confidentiality (C:H)? What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to impersonate another user and access information based on the victim user's permission levels.
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet to an affected service over the network. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute code on the target system. No authentication or user interaction is required.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to have a deep understanding of the system and the ability to manipulate its components to trigger a specific condition. Successful exploitation is not guaranteed and depends on a combination of factors that may include the environment, system configuration, and the presence of additional security measures.
Security updates
6.2.9200.26434 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126835
6.3.9600.23470 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126836
10.0.14393.9612 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126868
10.0.17763.9376 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126651
10.0.19044.7807 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126657
10.0.20348.5761 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126655
10.0.22631.7652 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126653
10.0.26100.9711 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127648
10.0.26100.33650 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126646
10.0.28000.3231 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127646
Vulnerabilities 1
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Critical 9.0
Windows Schannel Spoofing Vulnerability
No cwe for this issue in Windows Schannel allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Revision history
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#3
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
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#2
CWE added. Informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-105008 Windows Schannel Spoofing Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-105008
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss