CWE-822

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

CVE-2026-40369 (GCVE-0-2026-40369)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 16:59 – Updated: 2026-05-26 16:56
VLAI
Title
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 Affected: 10.0.26100.0 , < 10.0.26100.8457 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 Affected: 10.0.26200.0 , < 10.0.26200.8457 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 Affected: 10.0.28000.0 , < 10.0.28000.2113 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Affected: 10.0.26100.0 , < 10.0.26100.32860 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.26100.0 , < 10.0.26100.32860 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-05-12 14:00
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CVE-2026-8835 (GCVE-0-2026-8835)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 17:11 – Updated: 2026-05-26 18:52
VLAI
Title
IBM HTTP Server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
IBM HTTP Server 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to invalid pointer dereference. A privileged user, authenticated to the Administration Server, could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7274065 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM HTTP Server Affected: 8.5.0 , ≤ Interim Fix 002 (semver)
Affected: 9.0 (semver)
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    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:http_server:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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No mitigation information available for this CWE.

CAPEC-129: Pointer Manipulation

This attack pattern involves an adversary manipulating a pointer within a target application resulting in the application accessing an unintended memory location. This can result in the crashing of the application or, for certain pointer values, access to data that would not normally be possible or the execution of arbitrary code. Since pointers are simply integer variables, Integer Attacks may often be used in Pointer Attacks.

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