known ransomware use

Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2023-01-10
Federal due date
2023-01-31
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Exchange Server
EPSS
99.9th percentile (score 0.938, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Known
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41080

CISA short description

Microsoft Exchange Server contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation. This vulnerability is chainable with CVE-2022-41082, which allows for remote code execution.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.