GHSA-46cf-cfhc-26c8

GHSA-46cf-cfhc-26c8 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to run processes in an elevated context when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8468.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-46cf-cfhc-26c8
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-46cf-cfhc-26c8

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-46cf-cfhc-26c8/fixes/registry"

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