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CVE-2026-57973

MEDIUM 1 PoC
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 38/100
Published: 2026-07-14 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: High
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: None

Description

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

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) 5.0.0.0 < 2.7.10
Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) 5.0.0.0 < 2.7.10
microsoft windows_subsystem_for_linux < 2.7.10

References & Advisories (1)

Proof of Concept (1)

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

Bug Bounty Relevance

38 / 100
✓ No user interaction
✓ PoC available (1)

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.22%
Raw Score 0.002170
Percentile 12.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00217
2026-10-28
0.00217

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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