ZDF
Sign inSign up

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2022-41080

Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Nov 9, 2022 · catalog updated Aug 10, 2026 · Microsoft Exchange Server

Patch now

CVE-2022-41080 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 31, 2023. Confirm Microsoft Exchange Server against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
77.33%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/exchange server · vendor Microsoft Exchange Server

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe microsoft/exchange server2013
  • cpe microsoft/exchange server2016
  • cpe microsoft/exchange server2019
  • vendor Microsoft Exchange Serverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-41080

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-41080 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 31, 2023. Confirm Microsoft Exchange Server against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/exchange server 2013; microsoft/exchange server 2016; microsoft/exchange server 2019. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 77.33%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 9, 2022 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jan 10, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jan 31, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Aug 10, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-41080

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-41080

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-41080

    30-day exploitation probability 77.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-41080

    Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-41080

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.