Summary
Impact: Spoofing. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to have a deep understanding of the system. Successful exploitation is not guaranteed and depends on a combination of factors that might include the environment, system configuration, and the presence of additional security measures.
Security updates
8.0.5 — https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/474
10.0.17763.9376 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126651
10.0.20348.5761 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126655
10.0.26100.33650 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126646
10.0.14393.9612 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126868
6.3.9600.23470 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126836
18.10.4 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2026/release-notes
17.14.42 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.9363.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127689
2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.9363.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127690
4.8.9363.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127691
2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.9363.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127692
2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.9363.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127693
2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.10008.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127694
2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127696
2.0.50727.8987 AND 3.0.30729.8982 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127660
2.0.50727.8987 AND 3.0.30729.8982 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127664
2.0.50727.9073 AND 3.0.30729.9070 AND 4.7.4150.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127666
2.0.50727.9073 AND 3.0.30729.9070 AND 4.8.4811.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127685
2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.4811.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127683
2.0.50727.9188 AND 3.0.30729.9171 AND 4.8.4811.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127687
4.7.4150.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127667
4.7.4150.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127668
4.8.4811.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127684
4.8.4811.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127686
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.4
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Spoofing Vulnerability
Improper certificate validation in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Revision history
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#2
Updated the Security Updates table to add download and KB article links for Microsoft Visual Studio. This is an informational change only; the fixed builds are unchanged.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-96222 Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Spoofing Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96222
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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