Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2023-36874

Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Past federal due date 40 public exploits Added 11 Jul 2023 Due 01 Aug 2023 · 1102 days ago
VendorMicrosoft
ProductWindows
WeaknessCWE-59
RansomwareNone confirmed

What the flaw is

Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

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

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

40 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

Showing 8 of 40. Full list in the trickest/cve dataset.

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Source: CISA KEV catalog · last verified August 6, 2026. Rebuilt automatically twice a day.