VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-53779
Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 2.70%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.70% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-23
- Affected
- microsoft/windows server 2025
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 2.7% 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.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.