CVE-2024-30098
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Windows Cryptographic Services Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30098) was disclosed on July 9, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. It is classified under CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm) according to Microsoft's assessment (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems if successfully exploited. This assessment is based on the CVSS scoring which indicates high potential impact across all three security metrics (Microsoft).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple affected versions. Updates are available for Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 22H2), Windows 11 (21H2 through 23H2), and Windows Server versions (2012 R2 through 2022) (Rapid7).

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