Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 QUIC privileges management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.8 | $5k-$25k | 0.35- |
Summary
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component QUIC. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-103577. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component QUIC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Insecure default variable initialization in Microsoft QUIC allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-103577 since 09/30/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/13/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
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Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
- Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/30/2026 CVE reserved10/13/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/13/2026 VulDB entry created
10/13/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-103577 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-103577
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-418037
Entry
Created: 10/13/2026 21:55Changes: 10/13/2026 21:55 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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