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Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Federal due date
2022-05-03
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
EPSS
91.7th percentile (score 0.054, as of 2026-07-13)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17087

CISA short description

Microsoft Windows kernel contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.