# CVE-2026-96951 in Pulse: Microsoft Windows

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Pulse's record of CVE-2026-96951 (Microsoft Windows): the evidence of exploitation as eight rungs, each with the capture it rests on, and the attention it gets. A separate section, not this site's evidence.

# CVE-2026-96951: Microsoft Windows

command injection. OS. Rungs reached: 4, 5 of 8. Part of [Pulse](../index.html), a separate section not about PHP.

Why Pulse tracks it: KEV catalog 2026.10.21: added in the two weeks from 8 to 22 October 2026

## The evidence of exploitation, rung by rung

### 1. A public proof of concept: not reached
last checked 23 October 2026, 13:12 UTC
### 2. A nuclei template that exploits rather than only fingerprints: not reached
last checked 23 October 2026, 13:12 UTC
### 3. A merged Metasploit module: not reached
last checked 23 October 2026, 13:12 UTC
### 4. Exploitation attempts reported by a named party: reached 2026-10-13
- **Microsoft MSRC (released Oct 13, 2026)** reached, 2026-10-13third-party text, as Pulse recorded it Publicly disclosed / No / Exploited / Yes / Exploitability assessment / Exploitation DetectedPulse: The vendor's exploitability table at original publication. No victim is named.capture pulse: `raw/us/security-vendor/microsoft-msrc/cve-2026-96951/20261022T221133Z/text.txt`, 22 October 2026, 22:11 UTC, sha256 `9caa9ad0c199d295` [original](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96951)

### 5. A KEV listing (the date added): reached 2026-10-13
- **Pulse's own check** 2026-10-13KEV catalog 2026.10.21capture pulse: `raw/us/registry/cisa-kev/kev-json/20261022T221059Z/text.txt`, 22 October 2026, 22:10 UTC, sha256 `97336b5231c74981` [original](https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json)

### 6. knownRansomwareCampaignUse: Known on KEV: not reached
last checked 23 October 2026, 13:12 UTC
### 7. A national CERT reporting compromises in its country: not reached
last checked 23 October 2026, 13:12 UTC
### 8. A named organisation saying it was compromised through that flaw: not reached

a victim's own statement is recorded by hand from a capture; none recorded

## Measurements
- CVSS 3.1 8.8, scored by secure@microsoft.com
- EPSS 0.01512, percentile 0.74269, 2026-10-22

## The attention it gets

24 news items since 2026-09-23T13:26:52Z, counted over 2 of 137 feeds, in 1 languages and 1 countries; 0 front pages, 0 agency alerts, 0 pages advising taking systems offline.

Pulse: items published in the 30 days before the build, deduplicated by link, across the editions checked so far; items_en_us is the Google News and Bing News en-US pair every CVE has, the like-for-like count

Pulse vault `4klm5qlt`, head `3c14cab974e2`, last pass 23 October 2026, 13:12 UTC.


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