CVE-2026-96956

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 48.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-13 20:35Z15 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-28 18:09Z18 HR AGO

Reserved

2026-09-23

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e36cd8026477560618bdb3d6c7fbb702c082e50623e55c8e85cddfe3e578ab06

• msrc.microsoft.comSQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96956vendor-advisorypatch