Local interruption of telemetry service
Published Apr 14, 2026 · Updated Apr 14, 2026
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows local users to interrupt the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry service. Microsoft identifies the affected component but has not disclosed the privileged operation or authorization failure that makes the service stoppable. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access and affects availability only, without reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Windows allows local users to interrupt the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry service. Microsoft identifies the affected component but has not disclosed the privileged operation or authorization failure that makes the service stoppable. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access and affects availability only, without reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32181
- Published
- Apr 14, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1489
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.32690
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