CVE-2017-8715: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Microsoft Device Guard on Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a security feature bypass by the way it handles Windows PowerShell sessions, aka "Windows Security Feature Bypass".

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only; version 1607 only; version 1703 only
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016: any version

Published 2017-10-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.