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🛡️ CVE-2025-55338 — windows-10-1507

🟡 CVSS 6.1 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-1310 NVD
6.1
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-55338 is classified as CWE-1310: Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code. Missing an ability to patch ROM code may leave a System or System-on-Chip (SoC) in a vulnerable state.

Affected software

CVE-2025-55338 is recorded against 14 packages.

  • windows-10-1507 (fixed in 10.0.10240.21161)
  • windows-10-1607 (fixed in 10.0.14393.8519)
  • windows-10-1809 (fixed in 10.0.17763.7919)
  • windows-10-21h2 (fixed in 10.0.19044.6456)
  • windows-10-22h2 (fixed in 10.0.19045.6456)
  • windows-11-22h2 (fixed in 10.0.22621.6060)
  • windows-11-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.22631.6060)
  • windows-11-24h2 (fixed in 10.0.26100.6899)
  • windows-11-25h2 (fixed in 10.0.26200.6899)
  • windows-server-2016 (fixed in 10.0.14393.8519)
  • windows-server-2019 (fixed in 10.0.17763.7919)
  • windows-server-2022 (fixed in 10.0.20348.4294)
  • windows-server-2022-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.25398.1913)
  • windows-server-2025 (fixed in 10.0.26100.6899)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 October 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com

Other advisories for this package

windows-10-1507 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-1310
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-10-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
windows-10-1507 10.0.10240.21161
windows-10-1607 10.0.14393.8519
windows-10-1809 10.0.17763.7919
windows-10-21h2 10.0.19044.6456
windows-10-22h2 10.0.19045.6456
windows-11-22h2 10.0.22621.6060
windows-11-23h2 10.0.22631.6060
windows-11-24h2 10.0.26100.6899
windows-11-25h2 10.0.26200.6899
windows-server-2016 10.0.14393.8519
windows-server-2019 10.0.17763.7919
windows-server-2022 10.0.20348.4294
windows-server-2022-23h2 10.0.25398.1913
windows-server-2025 10.0.26100.6899

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