CVE-2026-50487

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.06 BB Relevance: 66/100
Published: 2026-07-14 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

Use after free in Microsoft Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (17)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.8875
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.8875
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.8875
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.8875
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.2525
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.2525
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33158
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33158
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33158
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33158
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.8875
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.8875
microsoft windows_11_25h2 < 10.0.26200.8875
microsoft windows_11_25h2 < 10.0.26200.8875
microsoft windows_11_26h1 < 10.0.28000.2269
microsoft windows_11_26h1 < 10.0.28000.2525
microsoft windows_server_2025 < 10.0.26100.33158

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

66 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.79%
Raw Score 0.007920
Percentile 56.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00792
2026-10-28
0.00792

Intelligence Sources

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