CVE-2023-21748
highWindows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft — windows 10 1607
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secure@microsoft.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2023-01-10 22:15
Modified: 2026-11-03 22:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
microsoft / windows_10_1607 all versions
microsoft / windows_10_1809 all versions
microsoft / windows_10_20h2 all versions
microsoft / windows_10_21h2 all versions
microsoft / windows_10_22h2 all versions
microsoft / windows_11_21h2 all versions
microsoft / windows_11_22h2 all versions
microsoft / windows_7 all versions
microsoft / windows_8.1 all versions
microsoft / windows_rt_8.1 all versions
microsoft / windows_server_2008 all versions, r2
microsoft / windows_server_2012 all versions, r2
microsoft / windows_server_2016 all versions
microsoft / windows_server_2019 all versions
microsoft / windows_server_2022 all versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21748 secure@microsoft.com
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21748 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC · record ↗