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Microsoft Confirms Active Exploitation of Windows Shell CVE-2026-32202

Summary by The Hacker News
Microsoft on Monday revised its advisory for a now-patched, high-severity security flaw impacting Windows Shell to acknowledge that it has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-32202 (CVSS score: 4.3), a spoofing vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access sensitive information. It was addressed as part of its Patch Tuesday update for this
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The Hacker News broke the news on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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