CVE-2023-38186 Windows Mobile Device Management Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit missing authorization in Windows Mobile Device Management to escalate privileges on affected Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-38186?
CVE-2023-38186 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, published on 8 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows Mobile Device Management Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38186?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 21h2, Microsoft Windows 11 22h2, Microsoft Windows Server 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38186?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-38186 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38186 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 10 21h2
- CVE-2025-21333 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2025-21334 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-21335 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Use-After-Free
- CVE-2026-42904 Windows TCP/IP Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-105733 Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vm7-m762-pgv3.