CVE-2026-69781

Windows DHCP Client Denial of Service Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Sep 8, 2026
Updated: Oct 14, 2026
Reserved: Aug 3, 2026

Description

Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Windows DHCP Client allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over an adjacent network.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft

Weaknesses

CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windows 11 Version 24H2Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.9445Affected
Windows 11 Version 25H2Microsoft	10.0.26200.0 to before 10.0.26200.9445Affected
Windows 11 version 26H1Microsoft	10.0.28000.0 to before 10.0.28000.2954Affected
Windows Server 2025Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33438Affected
Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33438Affected

References

Windows DHCP Client Denial of Service Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch

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