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CVE-2026-32202 — Microsoft Windows 10 1607

CISA KEV

CVSS v3.1 4.3 (MEDIUM) · EPSS 7.1% (higher than 91.6% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2026-04-14

As of 2026-04-28, CVE-2026-32202 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, CVSS v3.1 4.3, EPSS 7.1% (91.6th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-04-28), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2026-05-12. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2026-32202, most recently “AhnLab ASEC April 2026 APT Group Trend Report: State-Sponsored Espionage Campaigns (CVE-2026-32202, CVE-2025-20333/20362, CVE-2021-26855)”.

Last updated: 2026-04-28

What is CVE-2026-32202?

Protection mechanism failure in Windows Shell allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

The record classifies CVE-2026-32202 under weakness class CWE-693. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first. 22 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 152 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 4.3 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS (FIRST): 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.6% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Listed since 2026-04-28, federal remediation deadline 2026-05-12
Threadlinqs priority: 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published: 2026-04-14, last modified 2026-04-28

Is CVE-2026-32202 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2026-32202 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-04-28, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2026-05-12 under BOD 22-01. It currently carries a trending score of 33 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Microsoft: Windows 10 1607, Windows 10 1809, Windows 10 21h2, Windows 10 22h2, Windows 11 23h2, Windows 11 24h2, Windows 11 25h2, Windows 11 26h1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025

Showing 12 of 22 recorded product entries.

How to fix CVE-2026-32202

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2026-32202. Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32202. Because CVE-2026-32202 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2026-05-12. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-32202

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-32202, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

AhnLab ASEC April 2026 APT Group Trend Report: State-Sponsored Espionage Campaigns (CVE-2026-32202, CVE-2025-20333/20362, CVE-2021-26855) — HIGH · 2026-06-10
CVE-2026-32202 — Windows Shell Protection Mechanism Failure: NTLM Authentication Coercion via Auto-Parsed LNK Files (CISA KEV) — CRITICAL · 2026-04-29

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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