Local code execution via untrusted kernel pointer
Published Mar 11, 2025 · Updated Feb 13, 2026
Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 allows local users to execute code through its kernel. Microsoft has not disclosed the pointer-bearing structure, entry point, or validation failure that lets attacker-controlled pointer data reach a kernel dereference. The attack requires local access but no prior privileges or user interaction, and successful exploitation executes code in the WSL2 kernel context.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 allows local users to execute code through its kernel. Microsoft has not disclosed the pointer-bearing structure, entry point, or validation failure that lets attacker-controlled pointer data reach a kernel dereference. The attack requires local access but no prior privileges or user interaction, and successful exploitation executes code in the WSL2 kernel context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24084
- Published
- Mar 11, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- Classifications
- CWE-822, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.3476
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