CVE-2023-28226
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Windows Enroll Engine Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-28226, was discovered and reported on March 13, 2023. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows, including Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 22H2) and Windows 11 (versions 21H2 and 22H2) (CVE Details).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. Microsoft has classified this as a security feature bypass vulnerability, and it has been associated with CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially lead to a security feature bypass in the Windows Enroll Engine. Given the CVSS vector, it indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely (AV:N), requires high attack complexity (AC:H), needs no privileges (PR:N), requires user interaction (UI:R), and could result in high confidentiality impact (C:H) with no impact on integrity or availability (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available for affected versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11 through their standard update channels (Microsoft Advisory).

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