CVE-2018-8492: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Device Guard that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into a Windows PowerShell session, aka "Device Guard Code Integrity Policy Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Servers.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1607 only; version 1703 only; version 1709 only; version 1803 only; version 1809 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified; version 1709 only; version 1803 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

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