Memory leak in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2026-35424

Vulnerability identifier: #VU131255

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-35424

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

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Microsoft Windows - addressed in versions 10 21H2 10.0.19044.7291, 10 22H2 10.0.19045.7291, 10 1607 10.0.14393.9140, 10 1809 10.0.17763.8755, 11 23H2 10.0.22631.7079, 11 24H2 10.0.26100.8390, 11 24H2 10.0.26100.8457, 11 25H2 10.0.26200.8390, 11 25H2 10.0.26200.8457, 11 26H1 10.0.28000.2113
Windows Server - addressed in versions 2012 R2 6.3.9600.23181, 2012 6.2.9200.26079, 2016 10.0.14393.9140, 2019 10.0.17763.8755, 2022 23H2 10.0.25398.2330, 2022 10.0.20348.5074, 2022 10.0.20348.5139, 2025 10.0.26100.32772, 2025 10.0.26100.32860

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-35424

• Denial of service in Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol