CVE-2024-21351 on CISA KEV

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

• msrc.microsoft.com — https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21351

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 23H2	10.0.22631.0
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H3	10.0.22631.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	10.0.17763.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	10.0.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	10.0.17763.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	10.0.20348.0
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 21H2	10.0.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	10.0.19043.0
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H2	10.0.22621.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	10.0.19045.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1507	10.0.10240.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	10.0.14393.0
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	10.0.14393.0

06Detection

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