How Could Standard Users Read the SAM in HiveNightmare? (archived 2026-11-01)

HiveNightmare (CVE-2021-36934) let standard users read the SAM and other hives on Windows 10. How shadow copies became the read path, the impact, and the fix steps. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/windows-hivenightmare-cve-2021-36934-sam/, as published on 2026-11-01. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-11-01.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-11-01
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23856466
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Security and Verification in Computing
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How Could Standard Users Read the SAM in HiveNightmare? (archived 2026-11-01)

Go Komura
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Security and Verification in Computing
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How Could Standard Users Read the SAM in HiveNightmare? (archived 2026-11-01)

Go Komura
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HiveNightmare (CVE-2021-36934) let standard users read the SAM and other hives on Windows 10. How shadow copies became the read path, the impact, and the fix steps. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/windows-hivenightmare-cve-2021-36934-sam/, as published on 2026-11-01. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-11-01.

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