CVE-2022-44702
Published: 13 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-44702 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Microsoft Terminal. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-44702 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Terminal, assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 under the vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue is categorized under CWE-94 and NVD-CWE-noinfo, indicating problems with code generation control that can lead to arbitrary code execution when triggered locally.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw by supplying a malicious input or file that a user opens or interacts with in Windows Terminal, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system without requiring elevated privileges.
Microsoft has published official guidance and remediation details for the vulnerability through its Security Response Center at the referenced URLs. The associated EPSS score rose from lower values to a peak of 0.1119 on 2026-02-04 before receding to the current level of 0.0711.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-47636
Vulnerability details
Windows Terminal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.