SB2026061270 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft HTTP.sys

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-49160)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in HTTP.sys. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-47291)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in HTTP.sys. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49160
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47291