Physical security-feature bypass via untrusted search path
Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Jul 14, 2026
Untrusted search path handling in Microsoft XML on affected Windows releases allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a security feature. Microsoft identifies the weakness as an untrusted search path but has not disclosed the searched resource, path-resolution operation, or attacker-controlled location. Exploitation requires physical access, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability, although the exact bypass outcome remains undisclosed.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted search path handling in Microsoft XML on affected Windows releases allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a security feature. Microsoft identifies the weakness as an untrusted search path but has not disclosed the searched resource, path-resolution operation, or attacker-controlled location. Exploitation requires physical access, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability, although the exact bypass outcome remains undisclosed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-57097
- Published
- Jul 14, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-426
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9020
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