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CVE-2018-0886
The Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1…
High7.0EPSS 82.0%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
The Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709 Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to how CredSSP validates request during the authentication process, aka "CredSSP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 82.0% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Windows
- affected Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709 Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709
References (7)
- 1040506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 103265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-198-03 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0886 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://blog.preempt.com/security-advisory-credssp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44453 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://github.com/preempt/credssp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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