high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-96951Windows Shell — Command Injection Security Feature Bypass

A command injection flaw in Windows Shell lets an unauthorized attacker bypass a security feature over a network. The sources do not name the feature, and the attack needs a user to take part.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the Microsoft update for CVE-2026-96951 on every Windows system.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
8.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
9.8%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-10-13
Added to KEV
2026-10-13
CISA due date
2026-10-16
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
defense evasion
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
high

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

Attacker needsNetwork delivery to a Windows user who takes part in the attack.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, referencesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_duecisa.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

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