Vulnerability · CVE-2026-96320
Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Published Oct 13, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 16, 2026 · Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96320. EPSS is 0.91%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical9.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.91%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 · vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 · vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2012 · vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) · vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 · vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2012version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2016version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-96320
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96320. EPSS is 0.91%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow. EPSS 0.91%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 16, 2026 · Tenable CVE Database
Detected
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Oct 16, 2026 · CVE.org
Updated
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96320
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-96320
30-day exploitation probability 0.9%
first.org - Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96320
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
tenable.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.