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CVE-2022-23266: Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Defender for IoT: before 22.1.2 — fixed in 22.1.2
• Microsoft Defender for IoT: from 22.0.0 before 22.1.2 — fixed in 22.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Defender for IoT 22.1.2; Microsoft Defender for IoT 22.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23266
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23266

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