CVE-2022-21906
Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21906- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-27062
Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-27062- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6p9x-p7rw-9vc6
Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-6p9x-p7rw-9vc6- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21906- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h1
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows 11
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-21906 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809, published January 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.13%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21906
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21906
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21906
github.com/nu11secur1ty/Windows10Exploits/tree/master/2022/CVE-2022-21906
nu11secur1ty.com/2022/01/cve-2022-21906.html