What is CVE-2026-56171?
Exposure of private personal information to an unauthorized actor in Windows RDP allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
The record classifies CVE-2026-56171 under weakness class CWE-359. 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, and has high impact on confidentiality. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 103 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 7.1 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.0% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 5.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-07-17, last modified 2026-10-08
Is CVE-2026-56171 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 26 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Microsoft: Remote Desktop Web Client, Windows Admin Center
How to fix CVE-2026-56171
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-56171 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-56171
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-56171, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .