CVE-2026-72987

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
EPSS Score
0.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 51% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: September 8, 2026 (2 days ago)
Last Modified: September 10, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: MITRE

Description

Use after free in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CWE

CWE-416

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft Windows Server 2012Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft Windows Server 2016Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft Windows Server 2019Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

References

🔗 msrc.microsoft.com