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CVE record · CVE-2022-41128

Windows Scripting Languages Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 8.8 HighCriticalIn CISA KEVEPSS 0.25 · 97th percentile

Critical, because:

  • In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 8 Nov 2022: it is known to be exploited.
  • CVSS score 8.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.25 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 9 Nov 2022, 00:00 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 10 Version 1507
  • affected 10.0.10240.0 to before 10.0.10240.19567 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5501 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3650 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.3650 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.2251 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19043.2251 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
  • affected 10.0.19043.0 to before 10.0.19044.2251 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
  • affected 10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.2251 custom
Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.22000.1219 custom
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
  • affected 10.0.22621.0 to before 10.0.22621.819 custom
Microsoft Windows 7
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.26221 custom
Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.26221 custom
Microsoft Windows 8.1
  • affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20671 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.7601.0 to before 6.1.7601.26221 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.23968 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.20671 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5501 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3650 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.1249 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2022-41128
CNA
microsoft
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-787
Tags
Published
9 Nov 2022
Updated
10 Aug 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
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Listed since 8 Nov 2022: known to be exploited.
  • EPSS 0.25, the 97th 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 9 Nov 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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.