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CVE-2022-21890

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21890 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Extension across numerous Windows versions, including Windows 10, 11, and various Server editions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely without authentication, potentially leading to a complete service disruption. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, notably for its impact on L2TP VPN connections.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0303 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (38)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2452
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2452
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2452
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.2452
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.2452
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2037
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2037
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2037
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.469
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.469
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)Fixed in: 10.0.19042.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.434
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.434
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1466
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19177
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19177
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.4886
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.4886
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.4886
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.4886
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25829
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25829
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25829
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25829
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20246
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20246
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20246
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20246
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows RT 8.1Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20246
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23584
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23584
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Jan/CVE-2022-21890Important

Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Extension Denial of Service Vulnerability

Jan 11, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21890
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21890