Remote privilege escalation via undisclosed Kerberos flaw
Published Jun 15, 2022 · Updated Dec 16, 2025
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows Kerberos allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges through network requests. Microsoft has not published the flawed Kerberos operation or how crafted traffic reaches it. Exploitation requires existing low-level credentials and network access; the resulting privilege level is not publicly detailed.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows Kerberos allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges through network requests. Microsoft has not published the flawed Kerberos operation or how crafted traffic reaches it. Exploitation requires existing low-level credentials and network access; the resulting privilege level is not publicly detailed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-30165
- Published
- Jun 15, 2022
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 15, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.3046
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