CVE-2018-0743: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 version 1703, Windows 10 version 1709, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1703 only; version 1709 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1709 only

Published 2018-01-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.