Microsoft Windows User Profile Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2022-26904)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-04-25 · CVE-2022-26904
Microsoft Windows User Profile Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation. CISA added CVE-2022-26904 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Apr 25, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by May 16, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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