CVE-2026-78444 – Microsoft Failover Cluster Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 8.1 IMPORTANT Critical - Same Day Deployment

“A single crafted network packet could turn a race condition into remote code execution, with no authentication or user action required.”

CVE-2026-78444 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster. The issue is caused by an untrusted pointer dereference. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted packet to an affected service over the network and, after successfully winning a race condition, execute code on the target system. The vulnerability is not publicly disclosed and is not known to be exploited.

Key Details

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
CWE Classification
CWE-822
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