CVE-2022-41125

Windows CNG Key Isolation Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: November 9, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: August 10, 2026 at 04:28 PM UTC

14 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2012

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score3.0%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 3.0% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 87% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Microsoft Windows Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG) Key Isolation Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain SYSTEM-level privileges.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Nov 8, 2022

Remediation Due

Dec 9, 2022

1419 days overdue

Notes

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-41125

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41125

Description

Windows CNG Key Isolation Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Windows 10 1507 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.10240.1956710.0.10240.0 ≤ v < 10.0.10240.1956710.0.10240.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.10240.19567, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 1607 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.14393.550110.0.14393.0 ≤ v < 10.0.14393.550110.0.14393.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.14393.5501, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 1809 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.17763.365010.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.17763.365010.0.17763.0 ≤ v < 10.0.17763.365010.0.0 10.0.17763.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.17763.3650, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 20H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.19042.225110.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.19042.225110.0.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.19042.2251, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 21H1 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.19043.225110.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.19043.225110.0.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.19043.2251, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 21H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.19044.225110.0.19043.0 ≤ v < 10.0.19044.225110.0.19043.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.19044.2251, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 10 22H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.19045.225110.0.19045.0 ≤ v < 10.0.19045.225110.0.19045.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.19045.2251, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 11 21H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.22000.121910.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.22000.121910.0.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.22000.1219, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 11 22H2 · Microsoft

95%

v < 10.0.22621.81910.0.22621.0 ≤ v < 10.0.22621.81910.0.22621.0

Affected range stops below 10.0.22621.819, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Windows 8-1 · Microsoft

95%

6.3.0 ≤ v < 6.3.9600.206716.3.0

Affected range stops below 6.3.9600.20671, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41125

References (2)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41125

US Government Resource

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-41125

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHmicrosoft

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-787

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