CVE-2025-53779
Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- 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 Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-53779- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24284
Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24284- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-93cj-3754-25wf
Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...
Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
GHSA-93cj-3754-25wf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-53779- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Musa-xvi/Active-Directory-BadSuccessor | 2026-06-05 |
| PoC in GitHub | b5null/Invoke-BadSuccessor.ps1 | 2025-11-19 |
| PoC in GitHub | razureink/cve-2025-53779-kerberos_bypass_reproduction | 2026-07-24 |
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-2025-53779 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Microsoft Windows Server 2025, published August 12, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.71%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.