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CVE-2025-21419

CVE-2025-21419 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 14 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High

7.1

CVSS

24%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 24%. CVSS 7.1 (High).

This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-21419

Windows Setup Files Cleanup is the escalation vector on Windows 10 1809 and Server 2019, an 8.8 flaw with 22 percent EPSS in a maintenance component that runs with elevated rights. Cleanup routines handling privileged file operations are a recurring source of local escalation. The exposure is local-only, so it matters most on shared and multi-user systems.

Do this: Apply the 1809 and Server 2019 update for the Setup Files Cleanup escalation, focusing on shared and terminal-server hosts.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-21419

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2025-21419 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-21419.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2025-21419: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.1
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 24%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5051974, KB5051979, KB5051980, KB5051987, KB5051989, KB5052000, KB5052006, KB5052016, KB5052020, KB5052032, KB5052040, KB5052042, KB5052105, KB5052106
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Patch this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 24%).

Fixed by KB5051974 and 13 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.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-21419

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 KB5051974, KB5051979, KB5051980, KB5051987, KB5051989, KB5052000, KB5052006, KB5052016, KB5052020, KB5052032, KB5052040, KB5052042, KB5052105, KB5052106 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-2025-21419. 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.

KB5051974 KB5051979 KB5051980 KB5051987 KB5051989 KB5052000 KB5052006 KB5052016 KB5052020 KB5052032 KB5052040 KB5052042 KB5052105 KB5052106

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2025-21418 CVE-2025-21391 CVE-2025-21190 CVE-2025-21200 CVE-2025-21201 CVE-2025-21208 CVE-2025-21337 CVE-2025-21368

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detail Microsoft MSRC FIRST.org EPSS

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