Aug 2026: Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-65798 Published on August 11, 2026
Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Numeric truncation error in Windows DNS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Type
Numeric Truncation Error
Truncation errors occur when a primitive is cast to a primitive of a smaller size and data is lost in the conversion. When a primitive is cast to a smaller primitive, the high order bits of the large value are lost in the conversion, potentially resulting in an unexpected value that is not equal to the original value. This value may be required as an index into a buffer, a loop iterator, or simply necessary state data. In any case, the value cannot be trusted and the system will be in an undefined state. While this method may be employed viably to isolate the low bits of a value, this usage is rare, and truncation usually implies that an implementation error has occurred.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-65798
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607:- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9418 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.9115 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19044.0 and below 10.0.19044.7663 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.7663 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.7517 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.7517 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.9168 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26200.0 and below 10.0.26200.9168 is affected.
- Version 10.0.28000.0 and below 10.0.28000.2704 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26279 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26279 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23337 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23337 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9418 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9418 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.9115 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.9115 is affected.
- Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.5499 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.33296 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.33296 is affected.