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CVE-2026-57973

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS 3.1

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-57973
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Reserved: 2026-06-26 17:45 UTC
Published: 2026-07-14 17:09 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-14 19:41 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-367
CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Vendor / Product: Microsoft / Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.3 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

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

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Microsoft	Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)	—	5.0.0.0 < 2.7.10

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-367	cna	CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
6.3	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	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

References (1)

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Tampering Vulnerability https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57973

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