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CVE-2022-38014

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-38014 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel and Microsoft Azure IoT Edge for Linux. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_iot_edge_for_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_subsystem_for_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)Fixed in: 5.15.62.1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure EFLOWFixed in: 1.4.2.12122 LTS
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Nov/CVE-2022-38014Important

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

Nov 8, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38014