CVE-2025-27492
Windows Secure Channel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Secure Channel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 Secure Channel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Secure Channel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-27492- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-362, CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10161
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Secure Channel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10161- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m8qx-v899-58w7
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in...
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Secure Channel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-m8qx-v899-58w7- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Secure Channel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-27492- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362, CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 11 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-27492 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22h2, published April 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.