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CVE-2023-21771

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-21771 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the Windows Local Session Manager (LSM) affecting Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2022. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and high attack complexity, allowing a low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed on the KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
21h2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:21h2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

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
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 1,525 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 (14)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1487
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1487
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.2486
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19042.2486
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.1455
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.1455
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2486
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2486
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.2486
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.1105
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.1105
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2486
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2486
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.2486
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Jan/CVE-2023-21771Important

Windows Local Session Manager (LSM) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Jan 10, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21771