CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-59287
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-10-24
- Remediation due
- 2025-11-14
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59287 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59287
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Description
Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows Server Update Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.8524)
• microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.7922)
• microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.4297)
• microsoft windows server 2022 23h2 (< 10.0.25398.1916)
• microsoft windows server 2025 (< 10.0.26100.6905)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59287 Vendor Advisory
- https://hawktrace.com/blog/CVE-2025-59287 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-windows-server-wsus-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/ Press/Media Coverage
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-59287-detection-script-rce-vulnerability-in-windows-server-update-service Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-59287-mitigation-script-rce-vulnerability-in-windows-server-update-service Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/hawktrace/880b54fb9c07ddb028baaae401bd3951 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-59287 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource