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CVE-2018-8566

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6
4.6CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Windows improperly suspends BitLocker Device Encryption, aka "BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Servers.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorPhysical
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products we track (3)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8566 ↗