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ssdp race condition
About this tag
The ssdp race condition tag covers discussions about CVE-2026-32068, a high-severity vulnerability in the Windows Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) service. This race condition allows an authorized local attacker to escalate privileges, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0. The vulnerability was published on April 14, 2026, and highlights ongoing security concerns with Windows' discovery stack. Content under this tag focuses on the technical details of the race condition, its impact on local privilege escalation, and implications for defenders monitoring Microsoft's vulnerability pipeline.
When Microsoft assigns a fresh CVE to the Windows Simple Search and Discovery Protocol (SSDP) Service, it is usually a sign that a long-lived component has once again become a local privilege-escalation target. CVE-2026-32068 was published on April 14, 2026, and the early description points to a...