Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-29128

High

Published: 10 May 2022

Published
10 May 2022
Modified
02 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1436 94.6th percentile
Risk Priority 26 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-29128 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 5.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

The vulnerability CVE-2022-29128 is a remote code execution flaw affecting the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) component. It was published in May 2022 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An authenticated attacker with low privileges can exploit the issue remotely over a network connection without user interaction to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Microsoft security advisories for CVE-2022-29128 are available at the referenced MSRC update guide and portal URLs. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1436 with no material rise after disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10
1607, 1809, 1909, 20h2, 21h1
microsoft
windows 11
all versions
microsoft
windows 7
all versions
microsoft
windows 8.1
all versions
microsoft
windows rt 8.1
all versions
microsoft
windows server
20h2
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2019
all versions
+1 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References