CVE-2020-1286: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 11.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell does not properly validate file paths.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, aka 'Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1803 only; version 1809 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only; version 2004 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1803 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only; version 2004 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-06-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.