CVE-2021-43226

HIGHNVD 7.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-10-06), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS
86.3%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

December 15, 2021

Last Modified

October 30, 2025

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: microsoft, cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-43226
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43226

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 64× in last 7d / 361× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 691 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-24 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 02:05 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 21:49 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-22 21:49 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-22 21:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  8. 2026-07-22 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-22 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-22 13:02 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-22 13:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-22 08:40 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-22 08:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-22 04:17 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-22 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-21 23:55 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-21 23:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-21 18:24 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-21 18:24 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-21 18:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  25. 2026-07-21 14:01 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-07-21 14:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-21 09:35 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-21 09:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-21 05:12 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-21 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-21 00:49 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-21 00:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-20 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-20 20:27 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-20 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-20 17:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-20 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-20 11:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-20 07:19 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-20 07:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-20 02:57 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-20 02:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-19 22:35 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-19 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-19 18:13 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-19 18:13 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-19 18:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-19 14:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-19 13:51 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-19 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-07-19 09:29 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-07-19 09:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-07-19 05:06 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-07-19 05:06 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-07-19 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-07-19 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-07-19 00:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-07-18 20:20 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-07-18 20:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-18 15:58 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-07-18 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-18 11:36 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-07-18 11:36 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-07-18 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-07-18 10:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-07-18 10:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-07-18 07:14 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-07-18 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-18 02:52 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-07-18 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-07-17 22:30 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-07-17 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-07-17 18:08 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-07-17 18:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-07-17 13:46 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-07-17 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-07-17 09:24 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-07-17 09:24 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-07-17 09:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-17 05:02 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-07-17 05:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-07-17 00:40 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-07-17 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-07-16 20:18 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-07-16 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  62. 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-07-16 15:56 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-07-16 15:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-07-16 11:34 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-07-16 11:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-07-16 07:12 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-07-16 07:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-07-16 02:50 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-07-16 02:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-07-15 22:28 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-07-15 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-07-15 18:06 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-07-15 18:06 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCRosayxy/cve-2021-43226PoC
    First seen Oct 30, 2023

    a Proof of Concept of cve-2021-43226,stack overflow in Windows driver clfs.sys

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2021-43226?
CVE-2021-43226 is a high vulnerability published on December 15, 2021. Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
When was CVE-2021-43226 disclosed?
CVE-2021-43226 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 15, 2021, with the most recent update on October 30, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-43226 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2021-43226 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 6, 2025, affecting Microsoft Windows. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-43226?
CVE-2021-43226 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2021-43226?
CVE-2021-43226 affects Microsoft Windows. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2021-43226?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-43226, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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