CVE-2026-20834

MEDIUM

Microsoft Windows Shell - Absolute Path Traversal Spoofing via Physical Attack

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Absolute path traversal in Windows Shell allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing with a physical attack.

References (1)

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.3%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-36 CWE-359
Status published
Products (40)
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.14393.0 - 10.0.14393.8783
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.0 - 10.0.17763.8276
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 21H2 10.0.19044.0 - 10.0.19044.6809
Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 22H2 10.0.19045.0 - 10.0.19045.6809
Microsoft/Windows 11 version 22H3 10.0.22631.0 - 10.0.22631.6491
Microsoft/Windows 11 Version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 - 10.0.22631.6491
Microsoft/Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 - 10.0.26100.7623
Microsoft/Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 - 10.0.26200.7623
Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 6.1.7601.0 - 6.1.7601.28117
Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) 6.1.7601.0 - 6.1.7601.28117
... and 30 more
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026