High MSRC-CVE-2026-85798 1 CVE

Windows Distributed File System (DFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Oct 13, 2026 · Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Revision 2

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

Security updates
10.0.26300.9711 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127648
10.0.17763.9376 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126651
10.0.20348.5761 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126655
10.0.19044.7807 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126657
10.0.26100.33650 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126646
10.0.22631.7652 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126653
10.0.28000.3231 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127646
10.0.14393.9612 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126868
6.2.9200.26434 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126835
6.3.9600.23470 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126836

Vulnerabilities 1

High 7.2

CVE-2026-85798

Windows Distributed File System (DFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Distributed File System (DFS) allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

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

Oct 13, 2026

Revision history

2026-10-26 #2
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
2026-10-13 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-85798 Windows Distributed File System (DFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-85798
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