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CVE-2017-8746 — Windows Device Guard in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows A

Windows Device Guard in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows A security feature bypass vulnerability due to how PowerShell exposes functions and processes user supplied code, aka "Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
1.70% (top 17.60%)
CWE
—
Published
2017-09-13T01:29:11.770
Last modified
2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

Windows Device Guard in Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows A security feature bypass vulnerability due to how PowerShell exposes functions and processes user supplied code, aka "Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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