Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-20659

High

Published: 08 October 2024

Published
08 October 2024
Modified
10 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0069 72.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-20659 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 27.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Hyper-V Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.6414
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.5011
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.5011
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.3260
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4317
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4317
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.2033
microsoft
windows server 2019
≤ 10.0.17763.6414
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.2762
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.1189

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.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References