- Description
- Use after free in DNS Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Products
- windows_server_2025
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
- secure@microsoft.com
- CWE-416
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
⚠️ MS Server Windows Server 2025 alert: CVE-2026-49169 (CVSS 8.0) Attackers could execute arbitrary code. Upgrade to a vendor-listed fixed release. https://t.co/IUsGzHdPq3 #Microsoft #WindowsServer #RCE #CyberSecurity #CVE
@vulnipulse
15 Jul 2026
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🪟 Windows Server 2025 DNS has a use-after-free RCE. Patch CVE-2026-49169 now—because letting your DNS server become an attacker’s remote-control toy is a terrible uptime strategy. https://t.co/wDRapBLbcN #WindowsServer2025 #PatchManagement #DnsSecurity #CveVulnerabilities
@windowsforum
14 Jul 2026
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