Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-21295

High

Published: 14 January 2025

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
24 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0171 82.4th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

SPNEGO Extended Negotiation (NEGOEX) Security Mechanism Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Security Summary

CVE-2025-21295 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the SPNEGO Extended Negotiation (NEGOEX) Security Mechanism, published on 2025-01-14. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is associated with CWE-416, with additional NVD-CWE-noinfo mapping. The vulnerability affects the NEGOEX security mechanism, as detailed in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network without authentication privileges or user interaction, though it requires high attack complexity. Successful exploitation enables remote code execution with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability in the security context.

The Microsoft update guide at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21295 provides details on affected software, exploitation status, and recommended mitigations or patches.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-416NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20890 · ≤ 10.0.10240.20890
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.7699 · ≤ 10.0.14393.7699
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.6775 · ≤ 10.0.17763.6775
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.5371
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.5371
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4751
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4751
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.2894
microsoft
windows server 2008
r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
+5 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

References