# CVE-2023-28229: Windows CNG Key Isolation Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

> CVE-2023-28229: Windows CNG Key Isolation Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. CVSS 7.0 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-28229
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:05:49Z

- Published: 2023-04-11 19:13 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05 UTC · Assigner: microsoft
- CVSS: 7.0 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- EPSS: 1.7%, 77th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2023-10-04, federal due date 2023-10-25, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-591

## Description

Windows CNG Key Isolation Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft: Windows 10 Version 1507
- Microsoft: Windows 10 Version 1607
- Microsoft: Windows 10 Version 1809
- Microsoft: Windows 10 Version 20H2
- Microsoft: Windows 10 Version 21H2
- Microsoft: Windows 10 Version 22H2
- Microsoft: Windows 11 version 21H2
- Microsoft: Windows 11 version 22H2
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2008  Service Pack 2
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2012 R2
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2016
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2019
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- Microsoft: Windows Server 2022

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28229)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28229)
- [https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28229](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28229)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-28229 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-28229.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2023-28229 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:50:27.314Z