CVE-2025-55227
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in SQL Server 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
- 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
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-55227- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-27295
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2025-27295- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8mmr-rphh-45c7
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in SQL Server...
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
GHSA-8mmr-rphh-45c7- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-55227- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft sql server 2016 service pack 3 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2016 service pack 3 azure connect feature pack
- microsoft sql server 2017 (cu 31)
- microsoft sql server 2017 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2019 (cu 32)
- microsoft sql server 2019 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2022 (cu 20)
- microsoft sql server 2022 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2016
- microsoft sql server 2017
- microsoft sql server 2019
- microsoft sql server 2022
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-2025-55227 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Sql Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (gdr), published September 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.42%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.