CVE tracker
Windows DHCP Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2026-70250High 8.8
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Information from Microsoft (Patch Tuesday October 2026)
- Severity (Microsoft)
- Critical
- Impact
- Remote code execution – Windows DHCP Client
- Status on Patch Tuesday
- Neither exploited nor publicly disclosed
- Exploitability assessment
- Exploitation less likely
- Product family
- Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates)
- Updates (KB)
- KB5126835, KB5126836, KB5126868, KB5126651, KB5126655, KB5126646
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Original description (NVD)
Use after free in Windows DHCP Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over an adjacent network.
NVD references (1)
Sources
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- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
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