High MSRC-CVE-2026-96017 1 CVE

Role: DNS Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Nov 10, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

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

Details

Security updates
10.0.14393.9688 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131291
10.0.17763.9487 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131085
10.0.20348.5870 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131090
10.0.26100.33822 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131080
10.0.26100.33730 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131077

Vulnerabilities 1

Medium 4.9

CVE-2026-96017

Role: DNS Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

Use after free in DNS Server allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Windows Server 2022 Windows

Nov 10, 2026

Revision history

2026-11-10 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-96017 Role: DNS Server Denial of Service Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96017
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