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CVE-2023-36028 · Microsoft Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Severity
Important
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS
9.8 base · 8.5 temporal
Release
2023-11-14
Signals
Windows Protected EAP (PEAP) Remote Code Execution Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: No Exploitability: Exploitation Less Likely
CWE
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Patch Diff
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Description
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FAQ / Articles
FAQ
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An unauthenticated attacker could attack a Microsoft Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) Server by sending specially crafted malicious PEAP packets over the network.
Mitigation
Microsoft Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) is only negotiated with the client if NPS is running on the Windows Server and has a network policy configured that allows PEAP. To stop using PEAP, customers should ensure that PEAP Type is not configured as an allowed EAP type in their network policy. To learn more, please see Configure the New Wireless Network Policy and Configure Network Policies