CVE-2025-27480
Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-27480- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10183
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10183- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-79xr-cjjw-p6f2
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code...
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
GHSA-79xr-cjjw-p6f2- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-27480- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows server 2012
- microsoft windows server 2012 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
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Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | mrk336/CVE-2025-27480 | 2025-09-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | mrk336/CVE-2025-27480-The-Silent-Gateway-Risk | 2025-09-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-27480 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Microsoft Windows Server 2012, published April 8, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.6%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.