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Windows 11 Telnet Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability

IdentifiersCVE-2026-35423CWE-125· Out-of-bounds Read

CVE-2026-35423 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows 11 Telnet Client. According to the provided Microsoft advisory context, the flaw is caused by an out-of-bounds read when the Telnet client processes specially crafted authentication responses from a remote server. If triggered, the client may read memory outside the intended bounds and disclose limited sensitive information from system memory associated with data being processed by the Telnet client during the connection.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows an unauthorized remote attacker to disclose limited sensitive information from the memory of the affected Telnet client over the network. The provided context indicates low confidentiality impact, no integrity impact, and low availability impact; exploitation may also cause intermittent interruptions or reduced performance in the affected application, but does not allow modification of data.

Mitigation

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No specific vendor workaround is provided in the supplied content. Based on the stated exploitation conditions, exposure can be reduced by preventing users from initiating Telnet connections to untrusted, malicious, or compromised servers, since exploitation requires the client to process specially crafted authentication responses from such a server.

Remediation

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Apply the official Microsoft security update/fix for CVE-2026-35423. The advisory context states that an official fix was available at publication time and lists the remediation level as Official Fix.
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VendorProductType
Microsoft CorporationTelnet Clientapplication
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1607operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1809operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 21h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 22h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 23h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 24h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 25h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 26h1operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2012operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2012 R2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2016operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2019operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2022operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2022 23h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2025operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 23h2operating_system

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