CVE-2024-26218

HIGH

Windows Kernel - Elevation of Privilege via Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-26218. PoCs published by exploits-forsale.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in Windows thread attribute handling (CVE-2024-26218) by continuously flipping the size of a PS_ATTRIBUTE structure while calling NtCreateUserProcess, leading to memory corruption and potential privilege escalation.

Description

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 55 stars
by exploits-forsale · poc
https://github.com/exploits-forsale/CVE-2024-26218

This PoC exploits a race condition in Windows thread attribute handling (CVE-2024-26218) by continuously flipping the size of a PS_ATTRIBUTE structure while calling NtCreateUserProcess, leading to memory corruption and potential privilege escalation.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: Microsoft Windows (specific version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Windows system · Ability to execute arbitrary code
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.1292
EPSS Percentile 95.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-367
Status published
Products (9)
microsoft/windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.5696
microsoft/windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.4291
microsoft/windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.4291
microsoft/windows_11_21h2 < 10.0.22000.2899
microsoft/windows_11_22h2 < 10.0.22621.3447
microsoft/windows_11_23h2 < 10.0.22631.3447
microsoft/windows_server_2019 < 10.0.17763.5696
microsoft/windows_server_2022 < 10.0.20348.2402
microsoft/windows_server_2022_23h2 < 10.0.25398.830
Published Apr 09, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026