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CVE-2013-3900

VendormicrosoftProductwindows 7, windows server 2008, windows 10 1507, windows 8.1, windows rt 8.1, windows server 2012, windows 10 1607, windows 10 1809, windows 10 21h2, windows 10 22h2, windows 11 24h2, windows server 2016, windows server 2019, windows server 2022, windows server 2025, windows 11 23h2, windows 11 21h2, windows 10 1909, windows 10 20h2, windows 10 21h1, windows 11 22h2, windows server 2022 23h2DiscoveredDec 11, 2013UpdatedOct 7, 2026

Why is Microsoft republishing a CVE from 2013? We are republishing CVE-2013-3900 in the Security Update Guide to update the Security Updates table and to inform customers that the EnableCertPaddingCheck is available in all currently supported versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. While the format is different from the original CVE published in 2013, except for clarifications about how to configure the EnableCertPaddingCheck registry value, the information herein remains unchanged from the original text published on December 10, 2013, Microsoft does not plan to enforce the stricter verification behavior as a default functionality on supported releases of Microsoft Windows. This behavior remains available as an opt-in feature via reg key setting, and is available on supported editions of…

CVSS v3.1
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
44.6%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
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