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New CVEs Address Path Traversal Vulnerabilities in Windows

First seen 18 Feb 2026, 14:22 UTC • •

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 16:10 UTC

Two vulnerabilities affecting Windows path parsing have been reported. CVE-2022-41722, published on February 28, 2023, involves a path traversal issue, while CVE-2023-45283, published on November 9, 2023, concerns insecure parsing of Windows paths with a \??\ prefix. Both vulnerabilities could potentially allow unauthorized access to system files.

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2023-02-28
CVE-2022-41722 published
2023-11-09
CVE-2023-45283 published
2026-02-18
Information published about both CVEs

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