CVE-2017-8622: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 1703 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly handle handles NT pipes, aka "Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1703 only

Published 2017-08-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.