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CVE-2025-59261

CVE-2025-59261 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 7.0 (High). Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 4 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High
7.0
CVSS v3
6.4%
EPSS, 30 days
High
Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 6.4%. CVSS 7.0 (High).

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

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-59261

A third Windows Graphics Component bug in this data, Critical at 9.9 with a 6 percent EPSS score, affects Windows Server 2022, its Server Core edition, and the older Windows 11 22H2 on ARM64. Finding graphics-component vulnerabilities on server builds is a reminder that Server Core still ships enough graphics stack to be affected even without a full desktop experience. Not confirmed exploited or ransomware-linked.

Do this: Patch Server 2022, including Server Core installs, for this Graphics Component fix alongside the client-side variants.

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

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Schedule normally
No exploitation observed as of 2026-10-14: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 6%.
Fixed by KB5066780 and 3 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.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-59261

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5066780, KB5066782, KB5066793, KB5066835 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-2025-59261. 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.

KB5066780KB5066782KB5066793KB5066835

Scope and sources

Affected products
Fixed by the same updates
CVE-2025-24990CVE-2025-59230CVE-2025-47827CVE-2025-49708CVE-2025-58715CVE-2025-58716CVE-2025-58718CVE-2025-59295
Authoritative references
Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detailMicrosoft MSRCFIRST.org EPSS

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