CVE-2022-26904

Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26904	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26904	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26904

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h1::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_20h2::::::::

History

22 Oct 2025, 00:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26904 -

21 Oct 2025, 20:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~{'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26904', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}~~

21 Oct 2025, 19:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26904 -

21 Nov 2024, 06:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26904 - Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26904 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

02 Jul 2024, 17:05

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Microsoft windows 11 21h2 Microsoft windows 10 1909 Microsoft windows 10 1507 Microsoft windows 10 21h1 Microsoft windows 10 20h2 Microsoft windows 10 1809 Microsoft windows 10 1607 Microsoft windows Server 20h2 Microsoft windows 10 21h2
References	~~() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26904 -~~	() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26904 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CPE	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::arm64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:20h2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:::::::*	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h1:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_20h2::::::::

29 Jun 2023, 01:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~{'url': 'https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-26904', 'name': 'N/A', 'tags': ['Patch', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'N/A'}~~	(MISC) https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26904 -
Summary	~~Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.~~	Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

26 Apr 2022, 14:08

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-362
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:20h2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::x64: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::arm64:
References	~~(N/A) https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-26904 -~~	(N/A) https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-26904 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~7.0~~	v2 : 4.4 v3 : 7.0

15 Apr 2022, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-04-15 19:15

Updated : 2025-10-22 00:18

NVD link : CVE-2022-26904

Mitre link : CVE-2022-26904

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-26904

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows_server_2016
windows_10_1809
windows_7
windows_10_20h2
windows_8.1
windows_server_2008
windows_10_21h2
windows_server_2012
windows_server_2022
windows_rt_8.1
windows_server_20h2
windows_10_1607
windows_server_2019
windows_10_21h1
windows_10_1507
windows_10_1909
windows_11_21h2

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

7.0 /10