Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-88165 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-88165 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-88165?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 13 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-88165?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-88165 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-88165?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Active Directory Domain Services permits an authenticated attacker to write data outside allocated memory boundaries, leading to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is reachable over the network from an authenticated context. Exploitation requires valid credentials but no user interaction.
Affected products
- Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services
Timeline
- 2026-10-13: disclosed