Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 DHCP Server stack-based overflow
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component DHCP Server. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-69620. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component DHCP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Stack-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-69620 since 08/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/08/2026).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
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Product
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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: 9.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8
VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.1
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Exploiting
Class: Stack-based overflowCWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/03/2026 CVE reserved09/08/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/08/2026 VulDB entry created
09/08/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-69620 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-69620
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-400415
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 09/08/2026 22:11Changes: 09/08/2026 22:11 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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