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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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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
- 14 Oct 2025 Published
- 24 Oct 2025 CVE-2025-59287 added to CISA KEV
- 24 Oct 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue