CVE-2022-21996
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
7.8 High
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
3.05%Up 2.2 points since Feb 10, 2022
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21996- CVSS 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-27150
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-27150- CVSS 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p64x-c79m-m5mv
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-p64x-c79m-m5mv- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-21996- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2022-21996 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 21h2, published February 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.05%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.