CVE-2026-41088ImportantRevised 29 May
Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Assessment
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 7.8CVSS:3.1/
AV:L/ AC:L/ PR:L/ UI:N/ S:U/ C:H/ I:H/ A:H/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.4%Higher than 26.8% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 29 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Public exploit code
- No Nuclei template lists it
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Unlikely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
- Weakness
- CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 12 May 2026 · May 2026
- Last revised
- 29 May 2026Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
Updates that fix it
12 KBs| KB | Type | Restart | Applies to | Other CVEs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KB5087420 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5087420 |
| KB5087423 | Security Hotpatch Update | Required | Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5087423 |
| KB5087424 | Security Hotpatch Update | Required | Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5087424 |
| KB5087539 | Security Update | Required | Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5087539 |
| KB5087541 | Security Update | Required | Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5087541 |
| KB5087544 | Security Update | Required | Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5087544 |
| KB5087545 | Security Update | Required | Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5087545 |
| KB5089466 | Security Hotpatch Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems and 1 more | All CVEs in KB5089466 |
| KB5089548 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5089548 |
| KB5089549 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems and 1 more | All CVEs in KB5089549 |
| KB5093998 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5093998 |
| KB5094127 | Security Update | Required | Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5094127 |
Affected products
ESU, Windows19 affected products
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)