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CVE record · CVE-2022-37959

Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS 6.5 MediumEPSS 0.024 · 84th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 13 Sept 2022, 18:42 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
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3406 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3406 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.1006 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5356 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5356 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.20571 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.20571 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2022-37959
CNA
microsoft
Tags
Published
13 Sept 2022
Updated
3 Nov 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 and 2022, including Server Core installations, are affected by a security feature bypass in the Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES). The source gives few details on the attack conditions or impact. Upgrade to the fixed builds listed by Microsoft: 6.3.9600.20571 for 2012 R2, 10.0.14393.5356 for 2016, 10.0.17763.3406 for 2019, and 10.0.20348.1006 for 2022.

Written 14 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.5 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.024, the 84th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 13 Sept 2022, 18:42 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 13 Sept 2022, 19:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

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