CVE-2022-21906

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 65.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-01-11 20:23Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-02 18:22Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-12-14

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

74841015c050e9a8d617cd2561c596dac15ed99430af87d06c5decd6dfe9bb27

• msrc.microsoft.comWindows Defender Application Control Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21906vendor-advisory
• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21906x_refsource_MISC