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CVE record · CVE-2026-70091

Windows DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVSS 5.9 MediumEPSS 0.0066 · 51st percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 8 Sept 2026, 17:10 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9512 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9245 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.26349 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.26349 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.23398 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.23398 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9512 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9512 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9245 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9245 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.5622 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2025
  • affected 10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33438 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33438 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2026-70091
CNA
microsoft
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-362
Tags
Published
8 Sept 2026
Updated
10 Nov 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Windows DNS in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 and 1809, Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019 (including Server Core installations) is affected by a race condition, in versions before 10.0.14393.9512, 10.0.17763.9245, 6.2.9200.26349 and 6.3.9600.23398 respectively. An unauthorized attacker on the network can cause a denial of service. The source gives few details. Upgrade to the fixed version for your product listed in the affected versions.

Written 11 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.9 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0066, the 51st percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 8 Sept 2026, 17:10 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 16:21 UTC First seen by agentprime

Sources

References from the CNA

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