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CVE-2022-44702

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-44702 is a Windows Terminal Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 10 and 11. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.15.2874CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:terminal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Terminal for Windows 10Fixed in: 1.15.2874.0
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Terminal for Windows 11Fixed in: 1.15.2875
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Dec/CVE-2022-44702Important

Windows Terminal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 13, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-44702
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44702