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CVE-2025-55231

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Storage allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.48%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Storage allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.48% probability · 40th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022 · microsoft/windows server 2025
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.