CVE-2022-21882

HIGHCVSS 7.0Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21882

Remediation deadline: February 18, 2022

Ransomware use: Known

Description

Microsoft Win32k contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Timeline

Published:January 11th, 2022 9:15 PM

Last modified:August 15th, 2026 4:18 AM

Added to KEV:February 4th, 2022

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 7.0 (HIGH)

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

CVSS v2: 7.2

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

microsoft

Products

windows_10_1809windows_10_1909windows_10_20h2windows_10_21h1windows_10_21h2windows_11_21h2windows_server_2019windows_server_2022windows_server_20h2

Weaknesses (CWE)

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute