Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-44815

CriticalUpdated

Published: 09 June 2026

Published
09 June 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0110 61.6th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-44815 is a critical-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21H2. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked in the top 38.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Stack-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
Why these techniques?

Stack buffer overflow in DHCP client directly enables remote code execution via malicious network response (T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.9234 · ≤ 10.0.14393.9234
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.8880 · ≤ 10.0.17763.8880
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.7417 · ≤ 10.0.19044.7417 · ≤ 10.0.19044.7417
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.7417 · ≤ 10.0.19045.7417 · ≤ 10.0.19045.7417
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.7219 · ≤ 10.0.22631.7219
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.8655 · ≤ 10.0.26100.8655
microsoft
windows 11 25h2
≤ 10.0.26200.8655 · ≤ 10.0.26200.8655
microsoft
windows 11 26h1
≤ 10.0.28000.2269 · ≤ 10.0.28000.2269
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.9234
+3 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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