High MSRC-CVE-2026-72931 1 CVE

Windows Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 8, 2026

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Denial of Service. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Unlikely. Customer action: Required.

Details

Security updates
10.0.17763.9245 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122876
10.0.20348.5622 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122882
10.0.19044.7725 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122878
10.0.26100.33438 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122871
10.0.26200.9445 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5124008
10.0.22631.7582 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5122880
10.0.28000.2954 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5124012
10.0.14393.9512 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5123099
6.2.9200.26349 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5123065
6.3.9600.23398 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5123066

Vulnerabilities 1

Medium 4.7

CVE-2026-72931

Windows Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Missing release of resource after effective lifetime in Windows Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

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

Sep 8, 2026

Revision history

2026-09-08 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-72931 Windows Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) Denial of Service Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72931
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