CVE-2025-59287

Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 24 Oct 2025

Description

Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows Server Update Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Key facts

Published
14 Oct 2025
Last changed
26 Feb 2026
Assigned by
microsoft
KEV added
24 Oct 2025
KEV fix due
14 Nov 2025
EPSS
99.98% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.981% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom the CNA (microsoft)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/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.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012
  • 6.2.9200.0 up to but excluding 6.2.9200.25728 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • 6.2.9200.0 up to but excluding 6.2.9200.25728 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2
  • 6.3.9600.0 up to but excluding 6.3.9600.22826 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • 6.3.9600.0 up to but excluding 6.3.9600.22826 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016
  • 10.0.14393.0 up to but excluding 10.0.14393.8524 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • 10.0.14393.0 up to but excluding 10.0.14393.8524 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019
  • 10.0.17763.0 up to but excluding 10.0.17763.7922 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • 10.0.17763.0 up to but excluding 10.0.17763.7922 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022
  • 10.0.20348.0 up to but excluding 10.0.20348.4297 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • 10.0.25398.0 up to but excluding 10.0.25398.1916 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2025
  • 10.0.26100.0 up to but excluding 10.0.26100.6905 (affected)
MicrosoftWindows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
  • 10.0.26100.0 up to but excluding 10.0.26100.6905 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2025 Published
  2. 24 Oct 2025 CVE-2025-59287 added to CISA KEV
  3. 24 Oct 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References