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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-33921 (MEDIUM 5.2) — The Windows installer deployed Npcap leaving its access restriction option at the insecure default value, so the driver was accessible to every local user of the host instead of being restricted to administrators only. A local user without administrative privileges could use the

[NVD] CVE-2026-33921 (MEDIUM 5.2) — The Windows installer deployed Npcap leaving its access restriction option at the insecure default value, so the driver was accessible to every local user of the host instead of being restricted to administrators only. A local user without administrative privileges could use the

mednvdPublished 2026-08-11

CVE-2026-33921 CVSS: 5.2 MEDIUM Published: 2026-08-11T10:17:11.963

The Windows installer deployed Npcap leaving its access restriction option at the insecure default value, so the driver was accessible to every local user of the host instead of being restricted to administrators only. A local user without administrative privileges could use the Npcap driver to capture the traffic reaching the hos

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33921