Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An authenticated attacker with low-level access to an affected server could send a specially crafted request to execute code on the server. User interaction is not required.
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
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High 8.8
Windows Domain Name Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Out-of-bounds write in DNS Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-96020 Windows Domain Name Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96020
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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