CVE record · CVE-2023-21712

Windows Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 8.1 HighEPSS 0.0099 · 62nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 27 Apr 2023, 18:48 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 10.0.17763.3650 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.3650 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3650 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.3650 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H1	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19043.2251 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.1249 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 20H2	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.2251 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 21H2	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.22000.1219 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	affected 10.0.19043.0 to before 10.0.19044.2251 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H2	affected 10.0.22621.0 to before 10.0.22621.819 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	affected 10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.2486 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1507	affected 10.0.10240.0 to before 10.0.10240.19562 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5501 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5501 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.5501 custom
Microsoft	Windows 8.1	affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20671 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012	affected 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.23968 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	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 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	affected 6.3.9600.0 to before 6.3.9600.20671 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2023-21712
CNA: microsoft
Weakness (CWE): CWE-362
Tags: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
Race condition
Published: 27 Apr 2023
Updated: 1 Jan 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0099, the 62nd 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 27 Apr 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21712 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.