CVE-2023-36874
Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Product | Windows |
| Weakness | CWE-59 |
The vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 1 August 2023 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 13 Nov 2026, 00:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.
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