CVE-2020-16996

Published: Dec 9, 2020

Modified: Aug 28, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Kerberos Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	affected `10.0.17763.0 - < 10.0.17763.1817`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected `10.0.17763.0 - < 10.0.17763.1817`
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)	affected `10.0.0 - < 10.0.18363.1440`
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)	affected `10.0.0 - < publication`
Microsoft	Windows Server version 2004	affected `10.0.0 - < 10.0.19043.867`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	affected `10.0.14393.0 - < 10.0.14393.4283`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected `10.0.14393.0 - < 10.0.14393.4283`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012	affected `6.2.9200.0 - < 6.2.9200.23298`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.2.9200.0 - < 6.2.9200.23298`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2	affected `6.3.9600.0 - < 6.3.9600.19968`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.3.9600.0 - < 6.3.9600.19968`
Microsoft	Windows Server version 20H2	affected `10.0.0 - < 10.0.19043.867`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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