CVE-2026-88244
A NVD · · CVE-2026-88244
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
- 7.5
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The alert adds no information beyond the patch details about active exploitation, attackers, or victim groups.
Description
CVE-2026-88244 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Link Layer Topology Discovery Protocol (LLTD). An unauthenticated attacker can exploit it over an adjacent network to execute code. Windows systems with the LLTD service enabled are affected; the NVD entry provides no further details on affected versions or CVSS. The entry mentions neither active exploitation nor a proof-of-concept or CISA KEV inclusion.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 75.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 75.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational