Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-21368

High

Published: 11 February 2025

Published
11 February 2025
Modified
26 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0031 53.8th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Microsoft Digest Authentication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Security Summary

CVE-2025-21368 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Digest Authentication. Published on 2025-02-11, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is linked to CWE-122, with additional NVD-CWE-noinfo classification.

The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with low privileges (PR:L) over the network (AV:N), requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables remote code execution with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Microsoft's advisory provides mitigation guidance, available at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21368.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-122NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20915 · ≤ 10.0.10240.20915
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.7785 · ≤ 10.0.14393.7785
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.6893 · ≤ 10.0.17763.6893
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.5487
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.5487
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4890
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4890
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.3194
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
+5 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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