CVE-2025-62215

CRITICALPre-NVD 7.09.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-11-12), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.0 retained for reference (NVD's own analysis pending). Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, secondary
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: 6%CVSS: 7.0Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · public exploitExposed: 0

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

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS v3
7.0
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
6%
EPSS %ILE
93%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

November 11, 2025

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 11, 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-2025-62215
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-2025-62215

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-62215(1)

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

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 103× in last 7d / 417× 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 1,512 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

Publicly available exploits

(6 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (5 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-52494
    First seen Apr 6, 2026

    Windows Kernel - Elevation of Privilege

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCgowonisgood/CVE-2025-62215-POC
    First seen Mar 2, 2026
    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCtheman001/CVE-2025-62215
    First seen Dec 23, 2025

    CVE-2025-62215: Windows Kernel Race Condition + Double-Free EoP

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCabrewer251/CVE-2025-62215_Windows_Kernel_PE
    First seen Nov 18, 2025

    This PoC demonstrates a race condition in the Windows kernel leading to a double-free vulnerability, allowing local privilege escalation to SYSTEM. The exploit uses multithreaded handle manipulation and heap spraying to trigger the flaw under controlled conditions.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCmrk336/Kernel-Chaos-Weaponizing-CVE-2025-62215-for-SYSTEM-Privilege-Escalation
    First seen Nov 18, 2025

    Hands‑on analysis of CVE‑2025‑62215, a Windows Kernel race condition exploited in the wild. Demonstrates privilege escalation to SYSTEM, detection scripts, and patch validation strategies for enterprise defenders and red teamers.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCdexterm300/CVE-2025-62215-exploit-poc
    First seen Nov 14, 2025

    CVE-2025-62215 is an Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Kernel, disclosed in November 2025 and confirmed to be actively exploited as a zero-day.

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2025-62215?
CVE-2025-62215 is a critical vulnerability published on November 11, 2025. Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
When was CVE-2025-62215 disclosed?
CVE-2025-62215 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 11, 2025, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-62215 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2025-62215 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 12, 2025, affecting Microsoft Windows. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-62215?
CVE-2025-62215 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2025-62215?
CVE-2025-62215 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-2025-62215?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-62215, 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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