CVE-2026-70079

Windows DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.5
EPSS: EPSS 1.27 % · percentile 70 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-10-13
Updated: 2026-10-27
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Improper enforcement of behavioral workflow in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-841

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-99150
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-70079

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1314 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.14393.9612
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.14393.9612
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.17763.9376
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.17763.9376
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.0.14393.9612
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.0.17763.9376
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.20348.5761
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26100.33650

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607	affected 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9612
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9376
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012	affected 6.2.9200.0 < 6.2.9200.26434
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	affected 6.2.9200.0 < 6.2.9200.26434
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2	affected 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.23470
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	affected 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.23470
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016	affected 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9612
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9612
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019	affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9376
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9376
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022	affected 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.5761
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025	affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33650
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33650

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70079

Sources

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