---
title: "CVE-2026-69712: Windows Key Distribution Center - Use After Free"
description: "Windows Key Distribution Center contains a use after free vulnerability allowing authorized attackers to execute code remotely over a network, exploit requires attacker to be authorized."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-69712/
---

# CVE-2026-69712 Windows Key Distribution Center - Use After Free

Windows Key Distribution Center contains a use after free vulnerability allowing authorized attackers to execute code remotely over a network, exploit requires attacker to be authorized.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.91% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69712)

## Details

Type

Use After Free

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

8 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-416](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69712](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69712)
- [https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69712](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69712)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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