Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-118213 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118213 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-118213?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.9, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Windows Deployment Services.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118213?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-118213 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-118213?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Windows Deployment Services. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A relative path traversal vulnerability in Windows Deployment Services permits unauthenticated network-based information disclosure. The vulnerability allows an attacker to construct specially crafted requests that traverse the directory structure and access files outside the intended scope, leading to unauthorized file access and potential data exposure.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Deployment Services
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed