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CVE-2019-0721

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-0721 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Hyper-V Network Switch on Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. It allows an authenticated user on a guest operating system to execute arbitrary code on the host due to improper input validation. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical), this vulnerability presents a high risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability from a network-based attack. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential future interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1709CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
1803CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
1809CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
1903CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
1803CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1034 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 464 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.4 Mastodon, and 1.7 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2019-Nov/CVE-2019-0721Critical

Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nov 12, 2019

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0721
PatchVendor Advisory