vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2021-40456: Windows AD FS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 12, 2021
Added
Oct 12, 2021
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

Windows AD FS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb5006672microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5006699microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5006699msft-kb5006670-42d3fd93-5287-491a-938b-06f8826e6490msft-kb5006670-6277f48a-ef90-4f0b-b356-bec0c1e746e3
Title
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