CVE-2026-96945HighMicrosoft CVSS 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-96945 — Windows Server

Published
October 13, 2026
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-96945 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products6

  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 3 KB articles

3 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
KB5126651Security Update10.0.17763.9376
KB5126655Security Update10.0.20348.5761
KB5126646Security Update10.0.26100.33650

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-96945

EchelonGraph score
7.5 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

Uncaught exception in Windows Failover Cluster allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-96945, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (7)