CVE-2025-60710

CRITICALNVD 7.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-04-13), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 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: 5%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · kev ransomware · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Host Process for Windows Tasks allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

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%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
5%
EPSS %ILE
91%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

November 11, 2025

Last Modified

August 15, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated May 19, 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-2025-60710
generic

CVE-2025-60710 Mitigation Script - EoP Vulnerability in Host Process for Windows Tasks - vsociety

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-60710-mitigation-script-eop-vulnerability-in-host-process-for-windows-tasks
generic

CVE-2025-60710 Detection Script - EoP Vulnerability in Host Process for Windows Tasks - vsociety

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-60710-detection-script-eop-vulnerability-in-host-process-for-windows-tasks
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-2025-60710

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-60710(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 98× in last 7d / 406× 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 1,518 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2025-60710?
CVE-2025-60710 is a critical vulnerability published on November 11, 2025. Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Host Process for Windows Tasks allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
When was CVE-2025-60710 disclosed?
CVE-2025-60710 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 11, 2025, with the most recent update on August 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-60710 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2025-60710 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 13, 2026, affecting Microsoft Windows. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-60710?
CVE-2025-60710 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2025-60710?
CVE-2025-60710 affects Microsoft Windows. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2025-60710?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-60710, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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