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CVE-2025-21293

CVE-2025-21293 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High). Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 11 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

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Microsoft rates it Important. CVSS 8.8 (High). Fixed by 11 Microsoft security updates.

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Risk summary

High
8.8
CVSS v3
15%
EPSS, 30 days
High
Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 15%. CVSS 8.8 (High).

This CVE is among the top 5% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-21293

An elevation of privilege flaw in Active Directory Domain Services with a Critical 9.8 CVSS score and 81% EPSS is about as consequential as this data set gets: AD DS holds the keys to the entire domain. Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019 are the affected platforms, which includes Server 2019 domain controllers.

Do this: Patch domain controllers running Server 2019 before anything else today, then review privileged group membership for unexpected changes.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Patch this cycle
Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 15%).
Fixed by KB5049981 and 10 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.
Do this now: Patch in this maintenance window; do not let it slip to the next one.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-21293

Elevated priority: high severity or a meaningful exploitation probability, sooner if an affected product is internet-facing. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5049981, KB5049983, KB5049984, KB5049993, KB5050004, KB5050008, KB5050013, KB5050021, KB5050048, KB5065426, KB5065474 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2025-21293. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

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