CVE-2026-72948
Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Relative path traversal in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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
Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Relative path traversal in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-72948- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-10
EUVDEUVD-2026-73114
Relative path traversal in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-73114- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-10
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-28c5-4p38-v6v8
Relative path traversal in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Relative path traversal in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-28c5-4p38-v6v8- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Relative path traversal in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-72948- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows server 2012
- microsoft windows server 2012 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2 (server core installation)
- 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 2025
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-72948 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607, published September 8, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.