Unauthenticated denial of service via LDAP referral lists
Published Jun 10, 2025 · Updated Feb 20, 2026
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows LSASS allows remote attackers to crash affected domain controllers through LDAP referrals. The Windows LDAP client accepts referral lists without size or length limits and retains every referral URL in heap memory until the list is exhausted. Unauthenticated network access to a domain controller is sufficient; repeated huge lists exhaust memory and crash LSASS, forcing a reboot or BSOD.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows LSASS allows remote attackers to crash affected domain controllers through LDAP referrals. The Windows LDAP client accepts referral lists without size or length limits and retains every referral URL in heap memory until the list is exhausted. Unauthenticated network access to a domain controller is sufficient; repeated huge lists exhaust memory and crash LSASS, forcing a reboot or BSOD.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-32724
- Published
- Jun 10, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- CWE-400, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.21034
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Public exploit references
- SafeBreach Labs Win-DoS LDAP Referral DoSfunctional · demonstrated
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