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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-21881

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH 7.0EPSS 24.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
24.16% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
microsoft/windows 10 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows server · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016 · microsoft/windows server 2019
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%26 October 2026: 24.16%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 24.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.