Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2016; Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation); Windows Server 2019; Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation); and 2 more. Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation).
What this means
In plain English
Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2016; Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation); Windows Server 2019; Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation); and 2 more. Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation). Privilege escalation can let an existing user or process gain permissions beyond those originally granted.
Vulnerable items
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) — Windows Server is Microsoft's server operating-system family for identity, application and infrastructure workloads.
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) — Windows Server is Microsoft's server operating-system family for identity, application and infrastructure workloads.
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) — Windows Server is Microsoft's server operating-system family for identity, application and infrastructure workloads.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 10.0.14393.7070, 10.0.17763.5936, 10.0.19044.4529, 10.0.19045.4529, 10.0.22000.3019, 10.0.22621.3737, 10.0.22631.3737, 10.0.20348.2527, 10.0.25398.950.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.7070
- Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.5936
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 10.0.19044.0 before 10.0.19044.4529
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19045.4529
- Windows 11 version 21H2 10.0.22000.0 before 10.0.22000.3019
- Windows 11 version 22H2 10.0.22621.0 before 10.0.22621.3737
- Windows 11 version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.3737
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.3737
- Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.7070
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.7070
- Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.5936
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.5936
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 hours ago·verify at source
- 10.0.14393.7070
- 10.0.17763.5936
- 10.0.19044.4529
- 10.0.19045.4529
- 10.0.22000.3019
- 10.0.22621.3737
- 10.0.22631.3737
- 10.0.20348.2527
- 10.0.25398.950
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 10.0.14393.7070, 10.0.17763.5936, 10.0.19044.4529, 10.0.19045.4529, 10.0.22000.3019, 10.0.22621.3737. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 hours ago·verify at source
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