CVE-2022-44689

HIGH

Windows Subsystem for Linux - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Core 2

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 37.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (10)

microsoft/windows_10 20h2

microsoft/windows_10 21h1

microsoft/windows_10 21h2

microsoft/windows_10 22h2

microsoft/windows_10 1809

microsoft/windows_11 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/windows_11 22h2 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/windows_server_2019

microsoft/windows_server_2022 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/windows_subsystem_for_linux

Published Dec 13, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026