An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Subsystem for Linux handles files, aka 'Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-1423

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-hrxp-m6vj-m2rc

Published

May 24, 2022 5:23 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:23 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 29, 2025 6:37 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.