CVE-2022-22012

33

FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22012 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) across numerous Windows client and server versions, including Windows 10, 11, 7, 8.1, and various Windows Server editions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Although not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, media coverage indicates it was actively exploited as a zero-day at the time of its patch release, and it has garnered significant community discussion, despite no public exploit code being available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(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

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

4.04%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

89.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0404 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 (47)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.2928

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2274

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2274

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.18363.2274

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19043.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.707

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.707

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)Fixed in: 10.0.19042.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.675

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.675

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.1706

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19297

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.19297

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5125

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.5125

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5125

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.5125

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25954

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25954

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25954

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.1.7601.25954

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20371

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20371

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20371

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20371

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20365

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systemsFixed in: 6.3.9600.20365

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20365

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20365

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows RT 8.1Fixed in: 6.3.9600.20367

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21481

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21481

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21481

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.21481

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23714

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.23714

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-22012Important

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-22012

PatchVendor Advisory

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22012