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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-21726

Windows Credential Manager User Interface Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.46%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Windows Credential Manager User Interface Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.46% probability · 40th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-257
Affected
microsoft/windows 10 1607 · microsoft/windows 10 1809 · microsoft/windows 10 20h2 · microsoft/windows 10 21h2 · microsoft/windows 10 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 21h2 · microsoft/windows 11 22h2 · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows rt 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.46%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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.