Authenticated code execution via use-after-free
Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 10, 2026
Use-after-free in Microsoft Windows Deployment Services allows remote authenticated users to execute code through a network request. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected object, the lifetime error, or the request sequence that accesses freed memory. Successful exploitation requires authenticated network access and grants code execution in the affected WDS context.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Microsoft Windows Deployment Services allows remote authenticated users to execute code through a network request. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected object, the lifetime error, or the request sequence that accesses freed memory. Successful exploitation requires authenticated network access and grants code execution in the affected WDS context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-72954
- Published
- Sep 8, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9245
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