CVE-2018-8221

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Device Guard that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into a Windows PowerShell session, aka "Device Guard Code Integrity Policy Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8201, CVE-2018-8211, CVE-2018-8212, CVE-2018-8215, CVE-2018-8216, CVE-2018-8217.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 14, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-8221: Medium severity, CVSS 5.3 | Vulnix