CVE•Published 2026-10-08•Modified 2026-10-09•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-56857
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
On Windows, when the target of Root.Mkdir or Root.MkdirAll is a junction pointing to an empty location, the operation can create a directory at the junction target even when that target is located outside the root. This only applies to operations where the last path component is a junction (path/to/junction, but not path/junction/target).
Timeline
Published 2026-10-08
Modified 2026-10-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-56857Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-56857Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-56857Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-56857GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-56857" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.