What is GHSA-r8fw-c3wm-75m3?

GHSA-r8fw-c3wm-75m3 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-r8fw-c3wm-75m3 cover?

GHSA-r8fw-c3wm-75m3 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-36966. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-r8fw-c3wm-75m3?

GHSA-r8fw-c3wm-75m3 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-r8fw-c3wm-75m3HighCVSS 7.8

Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

August 10, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-36966 →

📋 Description

Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36966
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-36966
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36966
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r8fw-c3wm-75m3