CVE tracker / CVE-2026-72943
CVE-2026-72943
CVE-2026-72943 is the Windows Deployment Services 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
Unlikely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
Microsoft describes it: “Use after free in Windows Deployment Services allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.”
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 16 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5122871 · fixed build 10.0.26100.33438
Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) - KB5122876 · fixed build 10.0.17763.9245
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems - KB5122882 · fixed build 10.0.20348.5622
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022 - KB5123065 · fixed build 6.2.9200.26349
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 - KB5123066 · fixed build 6.3.9600.23398
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB5123099 · fixed build 10.0.14393.9512
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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.