Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.
PoC: CVE-2026-57973
CVE-2026-57973 is a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) that allows an authorized local attacker to perform tampering.
PoC: CVE-2026-57973
CVE-2026-57973 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.3) TOCTOU race condition flaw in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2). It allows a local, low-privileged attacker to bypass security boundaries and perform unauthorized kernel-level tampering on the host machine without user interaction.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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