Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet to an affected service over the network. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute code on the target system. No authentication or user interaction is required.
Security updates
10.0.17763.9121 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120238
10.0.20348.5499 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120242
10.0.20348.5440 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120229
10.0.26100.33296 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120233
10.0.26100.33222 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120228
10.0.14393.9418 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120418
6.2.9200.26280 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120386
6.3.9600.23338 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120385
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over an adjacent network.
Revision history
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#3
Updated software table to remove clients versions because this vulnerability only impacts Windows Servers. This is an informational change only.
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#2
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-62823 Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62823
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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