CVE-2026-96993
A NVD · · CVE-2026-96993
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 vulnerability affects Windows Performance Monitor, a component of Windows Server which is part of the company's tech stack, allowing remote code execution.
Description
CVE-2026-96993 is a vulnerability in Windows Performance Monitor caused by the release of an invalid pointer or reference. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network to execute arbitrary code. Affected are Windows systems with Performance Monitor enabled. At the time of publication, there is no information about active exploitation or a public exploit. The CVSS severity score is not yet available.
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