CVE-2024-20688
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
7.1 High
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
1.27%Up 1.2 points since Apr 10, 2024
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-20688- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-18403
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-18403- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wmx4-3g32-fg7m
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-wmx4-3g32-fg7m- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-20688- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- 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-2024-20688 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Windows Server 2012, published April 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.27%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.