CVE-2026-70079
Windows DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Improper enforcement of behavioral workflow in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | 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 |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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 (1)
- Windows DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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