CVE-2025-62215
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- High 7.0
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 12 Nov 2025
Description
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Key facts
- Published
- 11 Nov 2025
- Last changed
- 26 Feb 2026
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- KEV added
- 12 Nov 2025
- KEV fix due
- 3 Dec 2025
- EPSS
- 4.464% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 91.592% 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:L/UI:N/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 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 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 11 Version 25H2 |
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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 Nov 2025 Published
- 12 Nov 2025 CVE-2025-62215 added to CISA KEV
- 12 Nov 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue