.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2026-120796
Summary
According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C).
What does this mean for this vulnerability?
In this case, a successful attack could be performed from a low privilege Hyper-V guest. The attacker could traverse the guest's security boundary to cause denial of service on the Hyper-V host environment.
Products covered
Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
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Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2025
Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
Remediation
Install KB5087538. Install KB5087545. Install KB5087424. Install KB5087544. Install KB5094127. Install KB5087539. Install KB5087423. Install KB5089549. Install KB5089466. Install KB5087420. Install KB5093998. Install KB5087541. Install KB5089548. Install KB5087537. Install KB5087470. Install KB5087471.
Vendor-listed fixes
10.0.17763.8755
10.0.20348.5139
10.0.20348.5074
10.0.19044.7291
10.0.19045.7417
10.0.26100.32860
10.0.26100.32772
10.0.26200.8457
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10.0.26200.8390
10.0.22631.7079
10.0.22631.7219
10.0.25398.2330
10.0.26100.8457
10.0.26100.8390
10.0.28000.2113
10.0.14393.9140
6.2.9200.26079
6.3.9600.23181
CVEs in this advisory 1
Updates
- Published by Microsoft Security Response Center
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- Added to SecurityAlert
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