CVE-2026-72978CWE-770denial-of-service

CVE-2026-72978

Medium · published September 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00983 · 62.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-09-08T22:20Z
Affected products (10)
ProductVersionsFixed in
microsoft/windows_10_1607< 10.0.14393.951210.0.14393.9512
microsoft/windows_10_1607< 10.0.14393.951210.0.14393.9512
microsoft/windows_10_1809< 10.0.17763.924510.0.17763.9245
microsoft/windows_10_1809< 10.0.17763.924510.0.17763.9245
microsoft/windows_server_2012all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2012all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2016< 10.0.14393.951210.0.14393.9512
microsoft/windows_server_2019< 10.0.17763.924510.0.17763.9245
microsoft/windows_server_2022< 10.0.20348.562210.0.20348.5622
microsoft/windows_server_2025< 10.0.26100.3343810.0.26100.33438
References (1)
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72978 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 SEP 03:18Z
    EPSS moved — → 1%
    epss
  • 08 SEP 17:13Z
    Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Denial of Service Vulnerability
    cvelistv5