Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-21803

Critical

Published: 14 February 2023

Published
14 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1393 94.5th percentile
Risk Priority 28 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-21803 is a critical-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 5.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2023-21803 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows iSCSI Discovery Service. It received a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8 and is associated with CWE-190 integer overflow or wraparound. The flaw affects the iSCSI component responsible for discovery operations in Windows environments.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the issue over the network without user interaction or credentials, achieving full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability on affected systems. The EPSS score has remained steady at 0.1393 with no material increase after disclosure. Microsoft has published guidance at the listed MSRC URLs.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows iSCSI Discovery Service 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
≤ 10.0.10240.19747
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.5717
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.4010
microsoft
windows 10 20h2
≤ 10.0.19042.2604
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.2604
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.2604
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions

Mitigating Controls

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

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