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CVE-2025-60718
CVE-2025-60718 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 2 updates 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 7.8 (High).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
Administrator Protection is the new Windows 11 security feature designed to gate admin rights, and this Critical (CVSS 9.8) flaw undermines that very control on Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2. A bypass of the protection layer itself is a bigger design concern than a routine service bug. EPSS estimates 6 percent exploitation probability and there is no KEV entry.
Do this: Update Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 devices promptly, especially any pilot groups relying on Administrator Protection.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-60718
Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5068861, KB5068966 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-2025-60718. 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 updates
- Authoritative references
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