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CVE-2025-48800

CVE-2025-48800 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium). Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 8 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 6.8 (Medium). Fixed by 8 Microsoft security updates.

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Risk summary

Medium

6.8

CVSS v3

<1%

EPSS, 30 days

Medium

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability <1%. CVSS 6.8 (Medium).

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

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-48800

A third BitLocker security feature bypass, again Critical 9.8 on Windows 10 1809 and Server 2019, continues the pattern of encryption-chain fixes in this release. At least three separate bypass techniques have now been closed for the same feature, which is a meaningful signal about how much scrutiny BitLocker's boot process received.

Do this: Confirm every BitLocker-related CVE in this release is installed as a set before considering encrypted devices fully protected again.

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

Schedule normally

No exploitation observed as of 2026-11-04: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS under 1%.

Fixed by KB5062552 and 7 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Deploy with your normal update cycle. This page refreshes daily; the verdict changes the day the data does.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-48800

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-2025-48800 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-48800.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed daily (early morning US Central)):
- CVE-2025-48800: Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft rating Important, CVSS 6.8 (Medium)
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: <1%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5062552, KB5062553, KB5062554, KB5062557, KB5062560, KB5062561, KB5062570, KB5062572
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) What to patch or mitigate first. 4) How to check whether my devices are exposed.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-48800

Lower priority: patch in your normal cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5062552, KB5062553, KB5062554, KB5062557, KB5062560, KB5062561, KB5062570, KB5062572 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-2025-48800. 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.

KB5062552 KB5062553 KB5062554 KB5062557 KB5062560 KB5062561 KB5062570 KB5062572

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2025-47981 CVE-2025-47986 CVE-2025-47998 CVE-2025-48817 CVE-2025-48824 CVE-2025-49657 CVE-2025-49663 CVE-2025-49668

Authoritative references

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

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