Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.
Fix
Public exploits 1
- riddhimaan-sth404/CVE-2026-57973 PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.7 · microsoftNVD modified 2026-10-24 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_subsystem_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*