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
- 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.
- 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.