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CVE-2023-21557

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

7.5 High

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.08%Up 1.2 points since Jan 11, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2023-21557
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25724 7.5

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Record
EUVD-2023-25724
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f8jh-h9xw-m9cg 7.5

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability.

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability.

Record
GHSA-f8jh-h9xw-m9cg
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.5

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2023-21557
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-190, CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-21557 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507, published January 10, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.08%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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