CVE-2026-122194
A NVD · · CVE-2026-122194
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- CVSS
- 8.8
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The report contains no indication of active exploitation, exploit code, or specific attack techniques and does not go beyond the plain CVE description.
Description
CVE-2026-122194 describes a null pointer dereference in Microsoft Defender that is said to allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over the network. The report does not provide further details on affected versions, attack vectors, or exploitation prerequisites. No exploit code, active exploitation, or CISA KEV entry is mentioned. Whether the vulnerability has already been patched or which Defender components are affected remains unclear.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 88.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 88.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational