CVE-2022-44689

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Dec 13, 2022
Updated: Jul 22, 2025
Reserved: Nov 3, 2022

Description

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3770Affected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft	10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.3770Affected
Windows Server 2019Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3770Affected
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3770Affected
Windows 10 Version 21H1Microsoft	10.0.0 to before 10.0.19043.2364Affected
Windows Server 2022Microsoft	10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.1366Affected
Windows 10 Version 20H2Microsoft	10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.2364Affected
Windows 11 version 21H2Microsoft	10.0.22000.0 to before 10.0.22000.1335Affected
Windows 10 Version 21H2Microsoft	10.0.19044.0 to before 10.0.19044.2364Affected
Windows 11 version 22H2Microsoft	10.0.22621.0 to before 10.0.22621.993Affected
Windows 10 Version 22H2Microsoft	10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.2364Affected
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)Microsoft	5.0.0.0 to before 1.0.3Affected

References

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