CVE-2026-96176
A NVD · · CVE-2026-96176
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
The alert only provides the CVE description of a Windows DNS DoS vulnerability; there is no indication of active exploitation, exploit code, or threat actors.
Description
CVE-2026-96176 affects the Windows DNS service and is based on a missing release of memory after its effective lifetime. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this over the network to cause a denial of service. The alert does not contain CVSS information, exploitation status, or patch details; it originates from the NVD database. There is no indication of active attacks or an exploit.
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