medium Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-32202Windows Shell — safeguard failure enables spoofing

A safeguard in the Windows Shell does not do its job, so an attacker on the network can make content appear to come from a source it did not. Microsoft's entry does not say which safeguard fails or what exactly is spoofed.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the Microsoft update for this CVE now; until it is on, treat origin and publisher prompts in Explorer as something to verify rather than trust.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
4.3/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
64%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-04-14
Added to KEV
2026-04-28
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
defense evasion
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
medium

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

Attacker needsA network position from which to deliver the crafted content to the user.

Behind the card

5 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, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2026-32202 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24