CVE-2026-72979

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-08. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Use after free in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
60%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 24, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72979

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72979(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 109× in last 7d / 255× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 255 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-25 11:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-25 07:09 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-25 07:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-25 03:27 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-25 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-24 23:45 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-24 23:45 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-24 23:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-24 22:30 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-24 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-24 20:43 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-24 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-24 17:28 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-24 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-24 17:05 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-24 17:05 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-24 17:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-24 13:23 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-24 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-24 09:41 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-24 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-24 06:00 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-24 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-24 02:18 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-24 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-23 22:37 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-23 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-23 18:56 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-23 18:56 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-23 18:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-23 16:53 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-23 16:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-23 13:12 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-23 13:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-23 09:30 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-23 09:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-23 05:49 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-23 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-23 02:07 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-23 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-22 22:25 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-22 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-22 18:42 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-22 18:42 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-22 18:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-22 14:59 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-22 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-22 11:16 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-22 11:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-22 07:34 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-22 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-22 03:53 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-22 03:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-22 00:11 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-22 00:11 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-22 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-09-21 20:29 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-09-21 20:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-21 16:47 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-21 16:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-21 12:43 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-21 12:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-21 09:01 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-21 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-21 05:19 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-21 05:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-21 01:35 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-21 01:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-20 21:54 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-09-20 21:54 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-20 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-09-20 18:12 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-20 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-20 14:30 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-09-20 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-20 10:48 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-09-20 10:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-20 07:07 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-20 07:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-20 02:42 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-20 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-19 23:00 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-19 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-19 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-09-19 19:19 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-19 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-09-19 15:23 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-09-19 15:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-09-19 11:39 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-19 11:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-19 07:54 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-19 07:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-09-19 04:13 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-19 04:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-19 00:31 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-19 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-18 20:46 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72979?
CVE-2026-72979 is a critical vulnerability published on September 8, 2026. Use after free in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
When was CVE-2026-72979 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72979 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 8, 2026, with the most recent update on September 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72979 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72979 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 39.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72979?
CVE-2026-72979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72979?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72979, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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