# Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVE record · `CVE-2026-102221`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-102221`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.4 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** microsoft
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-299](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/299.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-299](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-299.md)
- **Technologies:** [Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-10-version-1607.md) · [Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-10-version-1809.md) · [Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-10-version-21h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-10-version-22h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-11-version-23h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-11-version-24h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-11-version-25h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-11-version-26h1.md) · [Microsoft Windows 11 Version 26H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-11-version-26h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows Server 2016](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2016.md) · [Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2016-server-core-installation.md) · [Microsoft Windows Server 2019](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2019.md) · [Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2019-server-core-installation.md) · [Microsoft Windows Server 2022](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2022.md) · [Microsoft Windows Server 2025](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2025.md) · [Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2025-server-core-installation.md)
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 31 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 13 Oct 2026, 19:01 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 10 Version 1607.
  - affected: `10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9612` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 10 Version 1809.
  - affected: `10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9376` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2.
  - affected: `10.0.19044.0 to before 10.0.19044.7807` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2.
  - affected: `10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.7807` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 11 version 23H2.
  - affected: `10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.7652` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2.
  - affected: `10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.7652` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2.
  - affected: `10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.9711` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 11 Version 25H2.
  - affected: `10.0.26200.0 to before 10.0.26200.9711` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 11 version 26H1.
  - affected: `10.0.28000.0 to before 10.0.28000.3231` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 11 Version 26H2.
  - affected: `10.0.26300.0 to before 10.0.26300.9711` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2016.
  - affected: `10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9612` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation).
  - affected: `10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9612` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2019.
  - affected: `10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9376` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation).
  - affected: `10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9376` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2022.
  - affected: `10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.5761` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2025.
  - affected: `10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33650` (custom)
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation).
  - affected: `10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33650` (custom)

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 4.4 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`, from CNA (microsoft)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0036, the 29th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 13 Oct 2026, 19:01 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102221)
- 31 Oct 2026, 16:31 UTC: First seen by agentprime

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-102221](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102221)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-102221](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102221)

### References from the CNA

- <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102221> (vendor-advisory, patch)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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