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CVE-2021-31169: Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

ROUTINE

Telemetry drift only. No threshold crossed and no authority ruling changed.

CVE record, CISA KEV and EPSS as of 2026-10-18.

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What to do now held facts and links

  1. Upgrade to the fixed version for your release line, or later: 10.0.19041.982; 10.0.19042.982 CVE record
  2. Record your decision, dated and frozen with today's evidence: patch by a date · mitigated by a compensating control · deferred · accepted the risk · not affected
  3. Check your version against the ranges this record publishes.

What it is stated by the CNA

Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

weakness
Elevation of Privilege
affected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004; Microsoft Windows Server version 2004; Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2; Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2
published ranges
microsoft windows 10 20h2; microsoft windows 10 2004; microsoft windows server 2016 20h2; microsoft windows server 2016 2004
fixed in
10.0.19041.982; 10.0.19042.982
severity
7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
assigned by
microsoft
published
2021-05-11

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Exploit code held, dated

exploit code
None held in the PoC-in-GitHub feed. A public repository changes this brief.

What moved held, dated

dateEPSSevent
12 May 20210.00416
13 May 20210.00624
15 May 20210.06701
6 Jan 20220.24372crossed 0.10
4 Feb 20220.01405crossed 0.10
7 Mar 20230.00046scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.0043scoring model v2025.03.14
9 Apr 20250.0033
18 Nov 20250.00327
21 Nov 20250.0033
15 Jun 20260.00977scoring model v2026.06.15

19 observations held. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the measurement was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed.

Outside the record researched, cited

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What would change this brief held, dated

CISA KEV
Not listed in the catalogue we hold. A listing changes this brief.
exploit probability
0.01 on 2026-06-15 (FIRST's EPSS, a probability and not evidence of exploitation). Next band line: 10% (0.10). Crossing a line changes this brief.
fix
Held: 10.0.19041.982; 10.0.19042.982. A newer fix from the CNA or OSV changes this brief.

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How to check this

Every value above is held with two dates: when it was true upstream (as_of) and when we recorded it (tx_from). Re-derive the exploit probability as it stood on any date:

SELECT value, source, source_version, as_of, tx_from
FROM volatile_valid_as_of('CVE-2021-31169', '2026-10-31T23:59:59.999999Z', now());