vulnerability · Tue 18 Aug 2026 · 18:34 UTC
Actively exploitedCVE-2026-33824: Remote Code Execution in Windows IKEv2
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In this excerpt of a TrendAI Research Services vulnerability report, Richard Chen and Lucas Miller of the TrendAI Research team detail a recently patched double free vulnerability in the Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) service. This bug was originally discovered by WARP & MORSE team at Microsoft. Successful exploitation could result in a crash of the IKEEXT service, or potentially arbitrary code execution. The following is a portion of their write-up covering CVE-2026-33824, with a few minimal modifications. …
Signals
as the pipeline stamped them- KEV
- Active exploitation (KEV)
- What to do
- On CISA KEV — actively exploited. Patch immediately.
CISA KEV means this flaw has been seen exploited in real attacks — not predicted, observed. Treat it as urgent regardless of its score.
CVE
KEV from CISA · EPSS from FIRST| Id | KEV | EPSS | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-33824 | KEV | 2% | NVD ↗ |
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