CVE-2018-8329: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Subsystem for Linux when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Linux On Windows Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1803 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 1803 only

Published 2018-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.