CVE-2025-26633
Microsoft Management Console Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- High 7.0
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 11 Mar 2025
- Used in ransomware campaigns
Description
Improper neutralization in Microsoft Management Console allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Key facts
- Published
- 11 Mar 2025
- Last changed
- 5 Aug 2026
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- KEV added
- 11 Mar 2025
- KEV fix due
- 1 Apr 2025
- Used in ransomware
- Yes, according to CISA
- EPSS
- 30.391% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 98.26% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 7.0CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (microsoft)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.
No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1507 |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1607 |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1809 |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 21H2 |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 22H2 |
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| Microsoft | Windows 11 version 22H2 |
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| Microsoft | Windows 11 version 22H3 |
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| Microsoft | Windows 11 Version 23H2 |
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| Microsoft | Windows 11 Version 24H2 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 R2 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2022 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2025 |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) |
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Timeline
- 11 Mar 2025 CVE-2025-26633 added to CISA KEV
- 11 Mar 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
- 11 Mar 2025 Published