CVE tracker / CVE-2025-60716
CVE-2025-60716
CVE-2025-60716 is the DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Critical, CVSS 7.0. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published November 11, 2025.
Risk summary
HighElevation of Privilege
7.0
CVSS v3 base
0.4%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Critical
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
Microsoft describes it: “Use after free in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.”
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 21 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5068779 · fixed build 10.0.25398.1965
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) - KB5068781 · fixed build 10.0.19044.6575, 10.0.19045.6575
Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems, and 1 more - KB5068787 · fixed build 10.0.20348.4405
Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation) - KB5068791 · fixed build 10.0.17763.8027
Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems - KB5068861 · fixed build 10.0.26100.7171, 10.0.26200.7171
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2025, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems, and 1 more - KB5068865 · fixed build 10.0.22631.6199
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
What Microsoft changed
- November 11, 2025: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-416: Use After Free
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- November 11, 2025
- Last revised
- November 11, 2025
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References
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