What is CVE-2026-69730?
Use after free in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
The record classifies CVE-2026-69730 under weakness class CWE-416. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 12 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 27 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.7% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 7.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-09-08, last modified 2026-10-01
Is CVE-2026-69730 being exploited?
No public exploitation evidence for CVE-2026-69730 is recorded in the sources Threadlinqs tracks — CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, public proof-of-concept repositories and ProjectDiscovery Nuclei — as of 2026-10-01. That is an absence of evidence in those feeds, not a guarantee that the vulnerability is unexploited.
Affected products and versions
- Microsoft: Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows 10 Version 1809, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025
How to fix CVE-2026-69730
The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2026-69730. Patch reference: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69730. Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69730. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-69730
2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-69730, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
- September 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Record 966+ Vulnerabilities with Two Actively Exploited Zero-Days (CVE-2026-81963, CVE-2026-85880) and Multiple Critical Wormable RCEs — CRITICAL · 2026-09-08
- Microsoft September 2026 Patch Tuesday — 999 CVEs, 3 actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2026-85880, CVE-2026-81963, CVE-2026-85046) — CRITICAL · 2026-09-08
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.