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CVE-2025-29808

CVE-2025-29808 is a medium severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy the update below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

Medium
5.5
CVSS
14%
EPSS, 30 days
Medium
Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 14%. CVSS 5.5 (Medium).

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

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-29808

This disclosure is scoped specifically to Windows Server 2022 and its Server Core build, in the Cryptographic Services component, at High 8.8 with 18 percent EPSS. Cryptographic Services underpins certificate validation and related security operations, so a leak here is worth attention on servers handling TLS termination, code signing, or certificate-based authentication even at a moderate exploitation forecast.

Do this: Patch Windows Server 2022 and Server 2022 Core hosts that handle certificate or TLS operations as a priority within the standard cycle.

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

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Patch this cycle
Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 14%).
Fixed by KB5055526. 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-2025-29808

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 update KB5055526 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security update below to fix CVE-2025-29808. 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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