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CVE-2022-26923

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.7/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 8.8: +1.32
Fresh EPSS: 83.50%: +0.42

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 12 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Sophos

Press · 18 Dec 2025, 23:33 · Microsoft patches the Patch Tuesday patch that broke authentication - Sophos

Neowin

Press · 29 Aug 2025, 07:00 · Microsoft is ending support for a registry key in Windows DCs next month - Neowin

IBM

Press · 01 Apr 2025, 19:55 · Attacker exploits vulnerability in Active Directory Certificate Services to take control of domain - IBM

SentinelOne

Press · 01 Apr 2025, 07:00 · CVE-2022-26923 | What is it and How to Mitigate? - SentinelOne

Rapid7

Press · 12 Aug 2024, 07:00 · Ongoing Social Engineering Campaign Refreshes Payloads - Rapid7

See all 12 source documents

Rapid7

Press · 30 Jan 2023, 08:00 · Metasploit Framework 6.3 Released - Rapid7

EclecticIQ Blog

Press · 25 Aug 2022, 07:00 · The Analyst Prompt #16: Monero's Hard Fork Enhances Privacy and May Make It More Attractive to Cybercriminals - EclecticIQ Blog

Unit 42

Press · 27 Jul 2022, 07:00 · Threat Brief: Microsoft Critical Vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-26809, CVE-2022-26923, CVE-2022-26925) - Unit 42

mytechdecisions.com

Press · 16 May 2022, 07:00 · Some May 2022 Microsoft Security Updates Are Leading to Authentication Failures - mytechdecisions.com

Computing UK

Press · 14 May 2022, 13:20 · Patch Tuesday causes Active Directory failures - Computing UK

SOC Prime

Press · 12 May 2022, 07:00 · CVE-2022-26923 Detection: Active Directory Domain Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - SOC Prime

gHacks

Press · 10 May 2022, 07:00 · Microsoft Windows Security Updates May 2022 overview - gHacks

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.7 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics

Repository	Stars	Forks	Language	Updated
lsecqt/CVE-2022-26923-Powershell-POC	17	8	PowerShell	17 Aug 2022, 21:25

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 8.8; EPSS 83.5%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: network access, low privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:37.150188+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

First press mention

10 May 2022, 07:00

Published

10 May 2022, 20:33

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

18 Aug 2022, 00:00

Latest press mention

18 Dec 2025, 23:33

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58

PoCs on GitHub

1 repositories