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CVE-2025-60721
CVE-2025-60721 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.
This is the second Critical flaw in Windows 11's Administrator Protection feature, rated CVSS 9.8 and affecting the 24H2 and 25H2 releases. When the mechanism meant to gate administrative rights is itself vulnerable, standard-user containment assumptions stop holding. EPSS estimates a 6 percent exploitation probability and there is no CISA KEV listing.
Do this: Update all Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 machines and re-verify any security baselines that assume Administrator Protection is intact.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-60721
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-2025-60721. 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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