CVE tracker / CVE-2025-60718

CVE-2025-60718

CVE-2025-60718 is the Windows Administrator Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 7.8. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published November 11, 2025.

Risk summary

HighElevation of Privilege

7.8

CVSS v3 base

0.4%

EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days

High

Severity

Important

Microsoft's rating

Less Likely

Microsoft: exploitation

In CISA KEV

Microsoft describes it: “Untrusted search path in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.”

How to fix it

Microsoft lists 4 affected products and the update that fixes each:

KB5068861 · fixed build 10.0.26200.7171, 10.0.26100.7171
Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems

What Microsoft changed

November 11, 2025: Information published.

Details

Weakness: CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path
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

Microsoft Security Update Guide NVD CVE record CWE

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