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CVE-2025-29968

Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.02%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.02% probability · 81th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022 · microsoft/windows server 2022 23h2
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 2.02%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.0% 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.