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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-38146

Windows Themes Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HIGH 8.8EPSS 37.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Windows Themes Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
37.38% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-367
Affected
microsoft/windows 11 21h2 · microsoft/windows 11 22h2
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%20%40%20 September 2026: 37.38%3 November 2026: 37.38%20 September 20263 November 2026

EPSS moved from 37.4% on 20 September 2026 to 37.4% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

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