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CVE-2026-102204high7.8

Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Impact

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Source excerpt · microsoft

Affected packages

This source has no supported package-version data for matching. You can read the advisory here, but this record alone cannot power a dependency check.

Affected products

Vendor version evidence. Product records are separate from automatic dependency matching.

Microsoft · Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)

Version / rangeSource status
5.0.0.0 to before 3.0.1affected
microsoft version evidence

Original source description

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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