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CVE-2023-23379: Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-14 · updated 2026-08-19
• Weakness: CWE-23

Description

Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Defender for IoT: before 22.3.6 — fixed in 22.3.6
• Microsoft Defender for IoT: from 22.0.0 before 22.3.6 — fixed in 22.3.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Defender for IoT 22.3.6; Microsoft Defender for IoT 22.3.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23379
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23379

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