Microsoft Windows Race Condition Vulnerability

HIGH 7.0EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2025-62215 · Published 11/11/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

Microsoft Windows Race Condition Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 12/11/2025. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

In short

CVE-2025-62215 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability.
Exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the KEV catalog on 12/11/2025.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.5%, higher than 91.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
Windows Microsoft	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

Description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62215 · Vendor Advisory
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2025-62215

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