7.0High

Microsoft Azure Iot Edge For Linux

CVE-2022-38014

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

What this means for your business

  • It affects Microsoft Azure Iot Edge For Linux. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Microsoft Azure Iot Edge For Linux, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.

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Scoring

CVSS
7.0 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-362
Assigned by
secure@microsoft.com

Dates

Published
2022-11-09
Last modified
2026-08-10
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Microsoft Azure Iot Edge For Linuxall versions
  • Microsoft Windows Subsystem For Linuxall versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References