Summary
Impact: Denial of Service. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Unlikely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to major loss of availability (A:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An attacker can send specially crafted packets which could affect availability of the service and result in Denial of Service (DoS).
Security updates
4.8.4803.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101007
4.8.4803.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101009
4.8.4803.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101011
2.0.50727.9069 & 3.0.30729.9067 & 4.8.4803.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101008
2.0.50727.9182 & 3.0.30729.9168 & 4.8.4803.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101010
2.0.50727.9182 & 3.0.30729.9168 & 4.8.4803.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101006
2.0.50727.9069 & 3.0.30729.9067 & 4.7.4143.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5100989
2.0.50727.8983 & 3.0.30729.8978 & 4.7.4143.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099535
4.7.4143.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5100990
4.7.4143.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5100991
2.0.50727.9182 & 3.0.30729.9168 & 4.8.9339.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101005
2.0.50727.9182 & 3.0.30729.9168 & 4.8.9339.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101000
2.0.50727.9182 & 3.0.30729.9168 & 4.8.9340.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5100998
2.0.50727.9182 & 3.0.30729.9168 & 4.8.9339.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101004
2.0.50727.9182 & 3.0.30729.9168 & 4.8.9339.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101001
4.8.9340.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101002
10.0.17763.9020 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099538
10.0.20348.5386 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099540
10.0.26100.33158 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099536
6.2.9200.26226 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099445
6.3.9600.23291 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099444
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.5
Windows Active Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability
Stack-based buffer overflow in Active Directory Federation Services allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Revision history
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#4
Updated product information in the Software Update table. This is an informational change only.
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#3
Updated product information in the Software Update table. This is an informational change only.
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#2
Updated product information in the Software Update table. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-50304 Windows Active Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50304
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss