CVE-2022-38036
Published: 11 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-38036 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 11. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2022-38036 is an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol Denial of Service issue carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5. It affects the IKE component and allows remote attackers to trigger high-impact availability loss without requiring authentication or user interaction.
An unauthenticated network attacker can send specially crafted IKE traffic to the target, resulting in denial of service that disrupts VPN or IPsec connectivity and related services.
Microsoft security advisories at the referenced MSRC URLs provide official guidance on patches and mitigation steps for affected Microsoft products.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at its peak value of 0.2374 with no material rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40642
Vulnerability details
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.