CVE record · CVE-2022-21962

Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 6.8 MediumEPSS 0.0076 · 55th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 11 Jan 2022, 20:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.2452 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.2452 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.2452 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.2452 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1909	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.18363.2037 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H1	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19043.1466 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.469 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 20H2	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.1466 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server version 20H2	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.1466 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 21H2	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.22000.434 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	affected 10.0.19043.0 to before 10.0.19044.1466 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1507	affected 10.0.10240.0 to before 10.0.10240.19177 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.4886 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.4886 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.4886 custom
Microsoft	Windows 8.1	affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20246 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012	affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.23584 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.23584 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2	affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.20246 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.20246 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2022-21962
CNA: microsoft
Tags: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2
Published: 11 Jan 2022
Updated: 2 Jan 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.8	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C	CNA (microsoft)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0076, the 55th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Jan 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21962 vendor-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.