CVE-2026-96082
A NVD · · CVE-2026-96082
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
- 6.5
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The alert contains no details beyond patch information regarding active exploitation, affected versions, or attack tactics.
Description
CVE-2026-96082 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Windows Kerberos service. An authorized attacker can exploit it over the network to cause a denial of service. The alert provides no further information on affected Windows versions, attack vectors, or a CVSS score. There are no indications of active exploitation or inclusion in CISA KEV.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 65.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 65.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational