CVE-2024-26221
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.2
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26221- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-23497
7.2
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-23497- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c274-3m34-wwp8
7.2
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-c274-3m34-wwp8- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-203, CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26221- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416, CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-26221 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Microsoft Windows Server 2016, published April 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.82%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.