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CVE-2026-72948 Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

Relative path traversal in Windows DNS may allow an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges.

Products
Windows DNS
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-72948
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 01:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-72948 Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 8 Sept 2026, 14:00 UTC

Relative path traversal in Windows DNS may allow an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges.

Relative path traversal in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Windows DNS

Fixed versions: Not specified

Prerequisites: an authorized attacker

Complete source record
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