Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2025-21333

78
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-21333 is a critical Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP across various Windows 10, 11, and Server 2022/2025 versions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100, this vulnerability allows a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and public Proof-of-Concept (POC) exploit code is available, as evidenced by community discussions and an ExploitDB entry. This CVE has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating its widespread recognition and potential threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0.19044.5371CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
< 10.0.19045.5371CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
< 10.0.22621.4751CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.22631.4751CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.26100.2894CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jan 14, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-52436 · Sep 16, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0980 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.5371
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.4751
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.4751
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.5371
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.26100.2894
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.2894
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.2894
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2025Fixed in: 10.0.26100.2894
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.4751
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.4751
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.25398.1369
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2025-Jan/CVE-2025-21333Important

Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Jan 14, 2025

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/52436
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vicarius.io / vsociety/posts/cve-2025-21333-elevated-privilege-exposure-in-windows-hyper-v-by-microsoft-detection-script
MitigationThird Party Advisory
vicarius.io / vsociety/posts/cve-2025-21333-elevated-privilege-exposure-in-windows-hyper-v-by-microsoft-mitigation-script
MitigationThird Party Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21333
PatchVendor Advisory