Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 DNS privileges management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 8.4 | $5k-$25k | 1.19 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DNS. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-65795. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows. This issue affects an unknown function of the component DNS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
No cwe for this issue in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-65795 since 07/22/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/12/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 10 21H2
- 10 22H2
- 10 1607
- 10 1809
- 11 23H2
- 11 24H2
- 11 25H2
- 11 26H1
- Server 2016
- Server 2019
- Server 2022
- Server 2025
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
- Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
07/22/2026 CVE reserved08/11/2026 VulDB entry created
08/12/2026 Advisory disclosed
08/12/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-65795 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-65795
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-388829
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 08/12/2026 00:41Changes: 08/12/2026 00:41 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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