CVE-2026-97789
Microsoft Windows Server 2022: use-after-free
- Risk score
- 69/100
- CVSS
- 7.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.6%
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Use after free in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Affected
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Story map
At a glance
Microsoft Windows Server 2022: Amber, patch this week. Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in DNS Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
The flaws
- CVE-2026-97789: Use-after-free (CVSS 7.5 · EPSS 1%)
- CVE-2026-70167: Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in DNS Server allows an authorized… (CVSS 8.8 · EPSS 1%)
- CVE-2026-96929: Heap buffer overflow (CVSS 7.8 · EPSS 0%)
- CVE-2026-70119: Out-of-bounds read (CVSS 6.5 · EPSS 1%)
The fix
Fix: Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Who is exposed: Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Where it stands
- No known exploitation
Connects to
- Same weakness: Use-after-free (CWE-416). 399 other warnings in 30 days
Why it is Amber
- CVSS 7.5 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
- On your watchlist: windows server
References
Original description
Use after free in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Last activity 13 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.