CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-53778

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 12, 2025 | Modified: Aug 15, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Improper authentication in Windows NTLM allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_10_1507 Microsoft * 10.0.10240.21100 (excluding)
Windows_10_1607 Microsoft * 10.0.14393.8330 (excluding)
Windows_10_1809 Microsoft * 10.0.17763.7678 (excluding)
Windows_10_21h2 Microsoft * 10.0.19044.6216 (excluding)
Windows_10_22h2 Microsoft * 10.0.19045.6216 (excluding)
Windows_11_22h2 Microsoft * 10.0.22621.5768 (excluding)
Windows_11_23h2 Microsoft * 10.0.22631.5768 (excluding)
Windows_11_24h2 Microsoft * 10.0.26100.4851 (excluding)
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft –sp2 (including) –sp2 (including)
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft r2-sp1 (including) r2-sp1 (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft r2 (including) r2 (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft * 10.0.14393.8330 (excluding)
Windows_server_2019 Microsoft * 10.0.17763.7678 (excluding)
Windows_server_2022 Microsoft * 10.0.20348.3989 (excluding)
Windows_server_2022_23h2 Microsoft * 10.0.25398.1791 (excluding)
Windows_server_2025 Microsoft * 10.0.26100.4851 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References