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🛡️ CVE-2026-25177 — windows-10-1607

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-641 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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Description

Improper restriction of names for files and other resources in Active Directory Domain Services allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level 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 high.

CVSS metrics in full

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

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • 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: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-25177 is classified as CWE-641: Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources. The product constructs the name of a file or other resource using input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the resulting name.

Affected software

CVE-2026-25177 is recorded against 14 packages.

  • windows-10-1607 (fixed in 10.0.14393.8957)
  • windows-10-1809 (fixed in 10.0.17763.8511)
  • windows-10-21h2 (fixed in 10.0.19044.7058)
  • windows-10-22h2 (fixed in 10.0.19045.7058)
  • windows-11-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.22631.6783)
  • windows-11-24h2 (fixed in 10.0.26100.7979)
  • windows-11-25h2 (fixed in 10.0.26200.7979)
  • windows-11-26h1 (fixed in 10.0.28000.1719)
  • windows-server-2012
  • windows-server-2016 (fixed in 10.0.14393.8957)
  • windows-server-2019 (fixed in 10.0.17763.8511)
  • windows-server-2022 (fixed in 10.0.20348.4830)
  • windows-server-2022-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.25398.2207)
  • windows-server-2025 (fixed in 10.0.26100.32463)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 March 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-641: Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-641
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-03-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
windows-10-1607 — 10.0.14393.8957
windows-10-1809 — 10.0.17763.8511
windows-10-21h2 — 10.0.19044.7058
windows-10-22h2 — 10.0.19045.7058
windows-11-23h2 — 10.0.22631.6783
windows-11-24h2 — 10.0.26100.7979
windows-11-25h2 — 10.0.26200.7979
windows-11-26h1 — 10.0.28000.1719
windows-server-2012 — —
windows-server-2016 — 10.0.14393.8957
windows-server-2019 — 10.0.17763.8511
windows-server-2022 — 10.0.20348.4830
windows-server-2022-23h2 — 10.0.25398.2207
windows-server-2025 — 10.0.26100.32463

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