CVE-2022-21879: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 20h2 only; version 21h1 only; version 21h2 only; version 1607 only; version 1809 only
• Microsoft Windows Server: version 20h2 only; version 2022 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2022-01-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.