Patch tracker / CVE reference / CVE-2025-55688
CVE-2025-55688
CVE-2025-55688 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. 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
Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 6.0%. CVSS 7.0 (High).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
This is yet another separately numbered PrintWorkflowUserSvc elevation of privilege CVE, again Critical at 9.9 with a 6 percent EPSS score, again affecting Windows 11 25H2 and Windows Server 2025 Server Core. By this point in the release, the print workflow service has more individually tracked CVEs than almost any other component in this batch. Not confirmed exploited or ransomware-linked.
Do this: Use a patch scanner that reports individual CVE remediation rather than just component version, given how many PrintWorkflowUserSvc fixes ship together.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-55688
Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing update KB5066835 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-2025-55688. 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.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Fixed by the same update
- Authoritative references
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