KEV · Actively exploited
CVE-2018-8639
HIGH 7.0
Vendor bulletin scale — NVD CVSS pending
KEV
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
EPSS
22.35%
moderate exploit risk
percentile 97.5%
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
- 2025-03-03
- Remediation deadline
- 2025-03-24
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Ransomware
- Yes, known ransomware campaign
OS versions that fix this CVE
This CVE is resolved by the following OS security releases. Update the OS to at least the listed version.
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Fixed in —
- Windows Server 2019 Fixed in —
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Fixed in —
- Windows Server 2016 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1809 · 2018-09 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1803 · 2018-03 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1709 · 2017-09 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1703 · 2017-03 Fixed in —
- Windows 10 1607 · 2016-07 Fixed in —