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CVE-2025-21179

DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.74%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.74% probability · 54th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
microsoft/windows 11 24h2 · microsoft/windows server 2025
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.74%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.