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CVE-2025-21311

Windows NTLM V1 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.26%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Windows NTLM V1 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.26% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-303
Affected
microsoft/windows 11 24h2 · microsoft/windows server 2022 23h2 · microsoft/windows server 2025
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 2.26%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.3% since 27 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.