CVE-2024-20686
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
0.67%Up 0.6 points since Jan 18, 2024
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-20686- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-591
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-18401
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-18401- 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
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wwcg-p45r-pv65
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-wwcg-p45r-pv65- 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-591
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-20686- 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-591
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-20686 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23h2 Edition (server Core Installation), published January 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.67%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.