MSRC-CVE-2026-50328 — Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Tampering Vulnerability

Summary

Impact: Tampering. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. 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
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
10.0.14393.9339 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099535
6.2.9200.26226 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099445
6.3.9600.23291 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099444

Vulnerabilities 1

High 7.5

CVE-2026-50328

Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Tampering Vulnerability

Uncaught exception in Windows Server Update Service allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Windows 10 Version 1809 Windows

Jul 14, 2026

Revision history

2026-07-14 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-50328 Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Tampering Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50328
Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss