CVE-2024-38126

Summary

CVE-2024-38126 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Windows Network Address Translation (NAT). This issue enables an attacker to cause a denial of service condition by sending maliciously crafted packets to a targeted system. The vulnerability lies in the way NAT handles certain types of traffic, leading to an excessive consumption of system resources and potentially crashing the NAT service. This can result in a complete loss of connectivity for devices relying on that NAT instance. Organizations running Windows systems should apply the forthcoming patch as soon as it becomes available to mitigate this risk.

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