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high 8.8

CVE-2022-41128 kev in the critical feed json

Windows Scripting Languages Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2022-11-09 4 y ago modified 2026-08-10 2 mo ago also EUVD-2022-44371

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-11-08
epss
24.6%
EPSS 24.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Windows Scripting Languages Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 10.0.10240.19567
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.14393.5501
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.3650
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2 10.0.19042.2251
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1 10.0.19043.2251
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 10.0.19044.2251
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 10.0.19045.2251
  • Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2 10.0.22000.1219
  • Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2 10.0.22621.819
  • Microsoft Windows 7 6.1.7601.26221
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 6.1.7601.26221
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 6.3.9600.20671
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 6.1.7601.26221
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 6.2.9200.23968
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 6.3.9600.20671
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.5501
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.3650
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.1249

Timeline

  1. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. Published
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-12-09 (3 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Microsoft, Windows
CISA name
Microsoft Windows Scripting Languages Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Patched
2022-11-08
Details
project zero root cause analysis

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1566 Phishing exploitation
  • T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution primary impact
  • T1070 Indicator Removal secondary impact

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

24.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.