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Unpatched Windows Search URI Vulnerability Lets Attackers Steal NTLMv2 Hashes

·Source: The Hacker News

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Executive Summary

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an unpatched issue that could be exploited to disclose a user's NTLMv2 hash to the attacker. Like in the case of CVE-2026-33829, which impacted the Windows Snipping Tool's ms-screensketch: URI handler, the newly flagged issue resides in the search: URI handler, per Huntress. CVE-2026-33829 refers to a spoofing vulnerability that could expose

Analysis

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an unpatched issue that could be exploited to disclose a user's NTLMv2 hash to the attacker. Like in the case of CVE-2026-33829, which impacted the Windows Snipping Tool's ms-screensketch: URI handler, the newly flagged issue resides in the search: URI handler, per Huntress. CVE-2026-33829 refers to a spoofing vulnerability that could expose

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-33829
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Hacker News on Jun 3, 2026.

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