Hypervisor security feature bypass
Published Oct 8, 2024 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Security feature bypass in Microsoft Windows Hyper-V allows remote attackers to cause an unspecified impact through adjacent access. Microsoft has not published the affected Hyper-V component, the input being validated, or the operation that mishandles it. Exploitation requires adjacent access, high attack complexity, and user interaction, while no prior authentication is required.
Summary
What happened
Security feature bypass in Microsoft Windows Hyper-V allows remote attackers to cause an unspecified impact through adjacent access. Microsoft has not published the affected Hyper-V component, the input being validated, or the operation that mishandles it. Exploitation requires adjacent access, high attack complexity, and user interaction, while no prior authentication is required.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-20659
- Published
- Oct 8, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-20
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.6414
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