CVE-2026-83651 — Microsoft
MEDIUMCVE-2026-83651 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
Out-of-bounds read in Windows GDI allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-83651.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Description
Out-of-bounds read in Windows GDI allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
Affected Products
windows 10 21h2microsoftwindows 10 22h2microsoftwindows 10 1607microsoftwindows 10 1809microsoftwindows 11 23h2microsoftwindows 11 24h2microsoftDetection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Remediation status
The records we use list no fixed release for CVE-2026-83651. Check the upstream advisory for a patched version, and apply the exposure-reduction steps below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
Constrain what reaches the vulnerable code: limit the size and shape of untrusted input, isolate the affected component in a sandboxed or least-privileged process, and enable the platform's memory-safety mitigations (ASLR, stack protector, hardened allocator) so an out-of-bounds access is more likely to fail closed than to be exploitable.
Frequently Asked Questions
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