Context Switching Race Condition Affecting winfsp/winfsp package, versions [,2.2-b1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WINFSPWINFSP-16323273
  • published30 Apr 2026
  • disclosed27 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-3006  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-368  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade winfsp/winfsp to version 2.2-b1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Context Switching Race Condition via a race condition in the kernel process. An attacker can gain system-level privileges by exploiting a timing issue that leads to a kernel heap overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1