CVE-2026-88216
A NVD · · CVE-2026-88216
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
- 7.5
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
Beyond the patch information itself, the report provides no evidence of active exploitation, a PoC, or specific attackers.
Description
CVE-2026-88216 affects Windows DHCP Server and describes a time-of-check time-of-use race condition. An authorized attacker can thereby execute code over the network. The NVD description provides no further details on exploitation prerequisites, affected versions, or impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, a public PoC, or inclusion in CISA KEV. Windows Server installations with the DHCP Server role are affected.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 75.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 75.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational