CVE-2026-96958

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

1.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 68.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-22.

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 19:01Z15 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-28 18:20Z17 HR AGO

Reserved

2026-09-23

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-407Inefficient Algorithmic ComplexityClass
• CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression ComplexityBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e101601583b02ec1e99d927b58229bdc9443774df8ce5a4855b6d947b08fdd00

• msrc.microsoft.com.NET Denial of Service Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96958vendor-advisorypatch