CVE record · CVE-2022-44698

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS 5.4 MediumCriticalIn CISA KEV · ransomwareEPSS 0.75 · 99th percentile

Critical, because:

In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 13 Dec 2022: it is known to be exploited.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 13 Dec 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
Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3770 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.3770 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3770 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H1	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19043.2364 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.1366 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 20H2	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.2364 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 21H2	affected 10.0.22000.0 to before 10.0.22000.1335 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	affected 10.0.19044.0 to before 10.0.19044.2364 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	affected 10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.2364 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5582 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5582 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2022-44698
CNA: microsoft
Tags: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
Published: 13 Dec 2022
Updated: 12 Jan 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Listed since 13 Dec 2022: known to be exploited. CISA reports use in ransomware campaigns.
EPSS 0.75, the 99th 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 13 Dec 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44698 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.