CVE-2025-55229
Windows Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Windows Certificates allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Windows Certificates allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-55229- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-25495
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Windows Certificates allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2025-25495- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vj5w-xw66-qjq5
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Windows Certificates allows an unauthorized...
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Windows Certificates allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
- Record
GHSA-vj5w-xw66-qjq5- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Windows Certificates allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-55229- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1507
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
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- 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)
- microsoft windows 10 1507
- microsoft windows 10 1607
- microsoft windows 10 1809
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- 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-2025-55229 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507, published August 21, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.