CVE-2026-40380

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Published 2026-05-12 · Modified 2026-05-14

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CVSS v3

6.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.2

Description

<p>Heap-based buffer overflow in Volume Manager Extension Driver allows an authorized attacker to execute code with a physical attack.</p>

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

62%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
windows	-	affected
windows	r2	affected
windows		affected	`10.0.14393.9140`

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40380

CWEs

CWE-122 CWE-125 CWE-197

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.