Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
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 this mean for this vulnerability?
An attacker would need specific conditions to be in place (i.e. particular protocol settings, or configurations, etc.) before an attack could succeed, which reduces the likelihood of widespread or opportunistic exploitation.
Security updates
10.0.14393.9688 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131291
10.0.17763.9487 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131085
10.0.19044.7846 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131096
10.0.20348.5870 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131090
10.0.22631.7711 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131087
10.0.26100.9974 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132061
10.0.26100.9911 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132043
10.0.26100.33822 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131080
10.0.26100.33730 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131077
10.0.28000.3501 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132059
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.1
Windows Schannel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Observable timing discrepancy in Windows Schannel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-119952 Windows Schannel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-119952
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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