CVE tracker / CVE-2025-48817
CVE-2025-48817
CVE-2025-48817 is the Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 8.8. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published July 8, 2025.
Risk summary
HighRemote Code Execution
8.8
CVSS v3 base
1.1%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
Microsoft describes it: “Relative path traversal in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.”
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 39 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5062552 · fixed build 10.0.22631.5624, 10.0.22621.5624
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems - KB5062553 · fixed build 10.0.26100.4652
Windows Server 2025, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) - KB5062554 · fixed build 10.0.19045.6093, 10.0.19044.6093
Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, and 1 more - KB5062557 · fixed build 10.0.17763.7558
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems - KB5062560 · fixed build 10.0.14393.8246
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems - KB5062561 · fixed build 10.0.10240.21073
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems - KB5062570 · fixed build 10.0.25398.1732
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) - KB5062572 · fixed build 10.0.20348.3932
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022 - KB5062592 · fixed build 6.2.9200.25573
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 - KB5062597 · fixed build 6.3.9600.22676
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB5062624 · fixed build 6.0.6003.23418
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 - KB5062632 · fixed build 6.1.7601.27820
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 - Release Notes · fixed build 1.2.6353.0, 2.0.559.0
Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop, Windows App Client for Windows Desktop
What Microsoft changed
- July 8, 2025: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- July 8, 2025
- Last revised
- July 8, 2025
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References
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