CVE-2023-32049Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.0% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 11 Jul 2023
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
- Added
- 11 Jul 2023
- Fix due (US federal)
- 1 Aug 2023
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 11 Jul 2023.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.4645
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.17763.4645
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.4645
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.4645
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022
- affected 10.0.20348.0 – < 10.0.20348.1850
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 21H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.22000.2176
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2
- affected 10.0.19043.0 – < 10.0.19044.3208
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2
- affected 10.0.22621.0 – < 10.0.22621.1992
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2
- affected 10.0.19045.0 – < 10.0.19045.3208
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6085
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6085
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6085
References
References2
- Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-32049 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-36336 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-32049)Record last updated .