CVE-2025-21376CriticalCVSS 8.1

Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
June 3, 2026
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-21376 →

📋 Description

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request to a vulnerable LDAP server. Successful exploitation could result in a buffer overflow which could be leveraged to achieve remote code execution.

🎯 Affected products37

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • +7 more not shown

✅ Remediation

KB5052000 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.6893 KB5051979 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.3207 KB5052106 (SecurityHotpatchUpdate) — fixed build 10.0.20348.3148 KB5051974 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.5487 KB5051989 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.4890 KB5051974 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.5487 KB5051987 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.26100.3194 KB5052105 (SecurityHotpatchUpdate) — fixed build 10.0.26100.3107 KB5051989 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.4890 KB5051980 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.1425 KB5052040 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20915 KB5052006 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.7785 KB5052038 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.23117 KB5052072 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.23117 KB5052016 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27566 KB5052032 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27566 KB5052020 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.25317 KB5052042 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.22417

🔗 References (31)