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CVE-2025-29956

CVE-2025-29956 is a medium severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.4. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 61%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 16 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

Medium

5.4

CVSS

61%

EPSS, 30 days

Medium

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 61%. CVSS 5.4 (Medium).

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

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-29956

This SMB information disclosure affects Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 at High 8.8 with 58 percent EPSS. SMB is a network file-sharing protocol commonly exposed between workstations and file servers inside a corporate network, so a disclosure bug here matters most on systems where SMB shares are reachable from untrusted or lower-trust network segments.

Do this: Patch SMB-facing servers and shares on 1809 and Server 2019 first, and confirm SMB is not unnecessarily exposed to untrusted network segments.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-29956

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-2025-29956 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-29956.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2025-29956: Medium severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 5.4
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 61%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5058379, KB5058383, KB5058384, KB5058385, KB5058387, KB5058392, KB5058403, KB5058405, KB5058411, KB5058429, KB5058430, KB5058449, KB5058451, KB5058454, KB5058497, KB5058500
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Patch this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 61%).

Fixed by KB5058379 and 15 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-2025-29956

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5058379, KB5058383, KB5058384, KB5058385, KB5058387, KB5058392, KB5058403, KB5058405, KB5058411, KB5058429, KB5058430, KB5058449, KB5058451, KB5058454, KB5058497, KB5058500 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-2025-29956. 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.

KB5058379 KB5058383 KB5058384 KB5058385 KB5058387 KB5058392 KB5058403 KB5058405 KB5058411 KB5058429 KB5058430 KB5058449 KB5058451 KB5058454 KB5058497 KB5058500

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2025-30400 CVE-2025-32701 CVE-2025-32706 CVE-2025-32709 CVE-2025-30397 CVE-2025-29839 CVE-2025-29840 CVE-2025-29962

Authoritative references

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

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