CVE-2026-70580: Windows Credential Guard Spoofing Vulnerability

9

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.3% (30-day exploitation probability)+3
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.3%

ahead of 22% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Microsoft

Windows 10 Version 1809 and 12 more

CVSS base

8.8

High · 2 source(s)

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2, Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2…).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (authentication), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	≥ 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.9376	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	≥ 10.0.19044.0 and < 10.0.19044.7807	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	≥ 10.0.19045.0 and < 10.0.19044.7807	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 23H2	≥ 10.0.22631.0 and < 10.0.22631.7652	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 24H2	≥ 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.9711	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 25H2	≥ 10.0.26200.0 and < 10.0.26200.9711	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 26H1	≥ 10.0.28000.0 and < 10.0.28000.3231	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 26H2	≥ 10.0.26300.0 and < 10.0.26300.9711	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	≥ 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.9376	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	≥ 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.9376	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	≥ 10.0.20348.0 and < 10.0.20348.5761	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows Server 2025	≥ 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.33650	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)	≥ 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.33650	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
8.8	CVSS 3.1	High	2.0	6.0	secure@microsoft.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.8	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	microsoft via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: secure@microsoft.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
Review authentication logs: logins without MFA, anomalous sessions and recently created accounts.

endpoint telemetry (EDR)authentication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · microsoft/windows 10 version 1809, microsoft/windows 10 version 21h2, microsoft/windows 10 version 22h2, microsoft/windo
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 8.8
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Awaiting Analysis
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Oct 13, 2026 · microsoft

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70580
vendor-advisory, patch, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Microsoft
every CVE for this vendor

Authentication
same class

CWE-306
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-97844 Role: DNS Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2d
Medium CVE-2026-97842 Role: DNS Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2d
Medium CVE-2026-97839 Role: DNS Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2d
Medium CVE-2026-97840 Role: DNS Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2d
Medium CVE-2026-97843 Role: DNS Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2d
Medium CVE-2026-97841 Role: DNS Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No CISA SSVC assessment.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-70580 is "Windows Credential Guard Spoofing Vulnerability", rated High. It affects Windows 10 Version 1809 (Microsoft); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 8.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.30% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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