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GHSA-pwwq-q65q-v9q6

GHSA-pwwq-q65q-v9q6 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Cryptography Next Generation (CNG) Key Isolation service improperly handles memory, aka 'Windows CNG Key Isolation Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1359.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

  • May 24, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-pwwq-q65q-v9q6

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-pwwq-q65q-v9q6/fixes/registry"

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