High 7.8Published Dec 9, 2025

CVE-2025-55233Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:40 PM ET)

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Every CVE for Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

Exploited in the last 30 days

Out-of-bounds read in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: microsoft
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 microsoft:windows_10_1809	from 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.8146	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 microsoft:windows_10_21h2	from 10.0.19044.0 before 10.0.19044.6691	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 microsoft:windows_10_22h2	from 10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19045.6691	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3 microsoft:windows_11_22h3	from 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.6345	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2 microsoft:windows_11_23h2	from 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.6345	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 microsoft:windows_11_24h2	from 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.7462	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 microsoft:windows_11_25h2	from 10.0.26200.0 before 10.0.26200.7462	CNA record
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 microsoft:windows_server_2019 (from the name)	from 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.8146	CNA record
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 microsoft:windows_server_2022 (from the name)	from 10.0.20348.0 before 10.0.20348.4529	CNA record
Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2	from 10.0.25398.0 before 10.0.25398.2025	CNA record
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References

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55233	vendor-advisory, patch

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