CVE-2023-36025

CRITICALNVD 8.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-11-14), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 88%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
81
EG Risk 81/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
88%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

CISA SSVCTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

November 14, 2023

Last Modified

October 28, 2025

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: microsoft, cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-36025
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36025

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-36025(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 88× in last 7d / 375× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,532 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 13:03 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-04 13:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 08:55 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-04 08:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 04:46 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-04 04:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-04 00:38 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-04 00:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-03 20:30 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-03 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-03 16:22 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-03 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-03 12:15 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-03 12:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-03 08:07 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-03 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-03 03:57 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-03 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-02 23:49 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-02 23:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-02 19:41 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-02 19:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-10-02 15:33 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-02 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-10-02 11:26 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-02 11:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-02 07:15 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-02 07:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-02 03:08 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-02 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-01 22:58 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-01 22:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-01 18:51 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-01 18:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-01 14:41 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-01 14:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 10:34 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-01 10:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 06:25 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-01 06:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-01 02:17 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-01 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-30 22:09 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-30 22:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-30 18:01 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-30 18:01 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-30 18:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-30 15:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-30 13:52 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-30 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-30 09:45 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-30 09:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-30 05:36 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-30 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-30 01:26 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-30 01:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-29 21:18 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-29 21:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-29 17:07 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-09-29 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-29 13:00 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-29 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-29 08:51 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-29 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-29 04:43 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-29 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-29 00:35 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-09-29 00:35 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-29 00:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-28 20:28 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-28 20:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-28 16:20 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-28 16:20 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-28 16:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-28 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-09-28 12:12 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-28 12:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-28 08:04 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-28 08:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-28 03:56 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-28 03:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-27 23:49 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-27 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-27 21:51 UTCCISA KEV update
  60. 2026-09-27 19:41 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-27 19:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-27 15:33 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-27 15:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-27 11:23 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-27 11:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-27 07:14 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-27 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-27 03:05 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-27 03:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-26 22:57 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-26 22:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-09-26 18:49 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-09-26 18:49 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-26 18:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-26 15:55 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (3 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCcoolman6942o/-EXPLOIT-CVE-2023-36025
    First seen Dec 28, 2023

    Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCJ466Y/test_CVE-2023-36025
    First seen Nov 28, 2023

    test repo for CVE-2023-36025

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCka7ana/CVE-2023-36025
    First seen Nov 17, 2023

    Quick test for CVE-2023-26025 behaviours

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2023-36025?
CVE-2023-36025 is a critical vulnerability published on November 14, 2023. Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
When was CVE-2023-36025 disclosed?
CVE-2023-36025 was first published on November 14, 2023, with the most recent update on October 28, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-36025 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2023-36025 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 14, 2023, affecting Microsoft Windows. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-36025?
CVE-2023-36025 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2023-36025?
CVE-2023-36025 affects Microsoft Windows.
How do I remediate CVE-2023-36025?
A fix for CVE-2023-36025 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2023-36025 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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