Windows DNS Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2)

CVE-2026-41096
CRITICAL 9.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 2.70 % · percentile 86 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 23H2affected 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.7079
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2affected 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.7219
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.8457
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 25H2affected 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.8457
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 26H1affected 10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.2113
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.25398.0 < 10.0.25398.2330
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.32860
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.32860

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD