CVE tracker / CVE-2026-72928
CVE-2026-72928
CVE-2026-72928 is the Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 7.5. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published September 8, 2026.
Risk summary
HighRemote Code Execution
7.5
CVSS v3 base
0.7%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
Microsoft describes it: “Use after free in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.”
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 2 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5122871 · fixed build 10.0.26100.33438
Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
What Microsoft changed
- September 8, 2026: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-416: Use After Free
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- September 8, 2026
- Last revised
- September 8, 2026
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References
From Microsoft, CISA, NVD and FIRST data; the Microsoft details were read when this page was opened. Check the references above before you act.