CVE-2025-62215Known exploitation

Privilege escalation via kernel double-free race

Published Nov 11, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Race condition in the Windows Kernel allows local users on affected Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server builds to elevate privileges. Improper synchronization permits concurrent operations on a shared kernel resource to free the same memory twice; Microsoft has not identified the resource or code path. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged local access, and successful use raises the attacker's privileges on the same host.

CVSS severity7.0
High
EPSS probability5.99%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationReported
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Summary

What happened

Race condition in the Windows Kernel allows local users on affected Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server builds to elevate privileges. Improper synchronization permits concurrent operations on a shared kernel resource to free the same memory twice; Microsoft has not identified the resource or code path. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged local access, and successful use raises the attacker's privileges on the same host.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-62215
Published
Nov 11, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2019
Classifications
CWE-415, CWE-362, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 12, 2025Exploitation reportedCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog listing
  3. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.8027

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Windows Server 2019version=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.8027
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.7171
Microsoft · Windows 11, version 25H2version=10.0.26200.0 <10.0.26200.7171
Microsoft · Windows 11, version 24H2version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.7171
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2version=10.0.19044.0 <10.0.19044.6575
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)version=10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1965
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 22H3version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.6199
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2version=10.0.19045.0 <10.0.19045.6575
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)version=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.8027
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.6199
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022version=10.0.20348.0 <10.0.20348.4405
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.7171
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809version=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.8027

Published CVSS scores

7.0MicrosoftCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationReported
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-415Double Free
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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Reported exploitation

Technologies

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