CVE-2025-59287
Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Oct 14, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2025
Description
Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows Server Update Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
Weaknesses
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Windows Server 2012Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2016Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2019Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2022Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2025Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Microsoft |
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References
- Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch
- https://gist.github.com/hawktrace/880b54fb9c07ddb028baaae401bd3951exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-59287government-resource
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-windows-server-wsus-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
- https://hawktrace.com/blog/CVE-2025-59287
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-59287-detection-script-rce-vulnerability-in-windows-server-update-service
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-59287-mitigation-script-rce-vulnerability-in-windows-server-update-service
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