What is GHSA-w6m7-956j-5f84?

GHSA-w6m7-956j-5f84 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w6m7-956j-5f84 cover?

GHSA-w6m7-956j-5f84 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-38628. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w6m7-956j-5f84?

GHSA-w6m7-956j-5f84 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w6m7-956j-5f84HighCVSS 7.8

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

August 10, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-38628 →

📋 Description

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-38638.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38628
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38628
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38628
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6m7-956j-5f84