CVE-2026-96972HighMicrosoft CVSS 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-96972 — Windows Server

Published
November 10, 2026
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-96972 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products8

  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • 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: 4 KB articles and 1 other update

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

KB articleUpdateFixed build
KB5131291Security Update10.0.14393.9688
KB5131085Security Update10.0.17763.9487
KB5131090Security Update10.0.20348.5870
KB5131080Security Update10.0.26100.33822
—Security Hotpatch Update10.0.26100.33730

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-96972

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

Out-of-bounds read in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-96972, 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 (10)