CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-25187
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-03-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Winlogon allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.8957)
• microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.8511)
• microsoft windows 10 21h2 (< 10.0.19044.7058)
• microsoft windows 10 22h2 (< 10.0.19045.7058)
• microsoft windows 11 23h2 (< 10.0.22631.6783)
• microsoft windows 11 24h2 (< 10.0.26100.7979)
• microsoft windows 11 25h2 (< 10.0.26200.7979)
• microsoft windows 11 26h1 (< 10.0.28000.1719)
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.8957)
• microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.8511)
• microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.4830)
• microsoft windows server 2022 23h2 (< 10.0.25398.2207)
• microsoft windows server 2025 (< 10.0.26100.32463)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25187 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-25187-detection-script-winlogon-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability www.vicarius.io
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-25187-mitigation-script-winlogon-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability www.vicarius.io