CVE-2026-57973

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Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.

References

https://github.com/riddhimaan-sth404/CVE-2026-57973

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57973

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-44280

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-14

Updated: 2026-07-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00159