CVE-2026-85324
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Denial of Service Vulnerability
Memory allocation with excessive size value in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Denial of Service Vulnerability
Memory allocation with excessive size value in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-85324- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-789
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-99464
Memory allocation with excessive size value in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2026-99464- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v84j-m79w-hg8h
Memory allocation with excessive size value in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)...
Memory allocation with excessive size value in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- Record
GHSA-v84j-m79w-hg8h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-789
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Memory allocation with excessive size value in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-85324- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-789
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-85324 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607, published October 13, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.