CVE-2026-122163
A NVD · · CVE-2026-122163
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 report only adds the CVE and vulnerability description; there is no information on active exploitation, affected sectors, or TTPs.
Description
CVE-2026-122163 describes a double-free vulnerability in the Windows Image Acquisition service. An unauthenticated attacker can thereby execute code over the network. Windows systems that expose the WIA service are affected. At the time of the NVD publication, there is no indication of active exploitation or a public proof of concept.
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