CVE-2026-96976
A NVD · · CVE-2026-96976
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- CVSS
- 4.9
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The NVD entry only describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Windows DNS service with no indication of active exploitation or exploit code.
Description
CVE-2026-96976 is a vulnerability in the Windows DNS service classified as an out-of-bounds read. An authorized attacker can disclose information over the network. There is no information on active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the CISA KEV list. Systems running the Windows DNS Server service are affected; details on affected versions and patches are available in the NVD description.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 49.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 49.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational