CVE-2022-37979: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 20h2 only; version 21h1 only; version 21h2 only; version 1607 only; version 1809 only
• Microsoft Windows 11: affected versions not specified; version 22h2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2022: affected versions not specified

Published 2022-10-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.