CVE-2025-55338
Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
- Record
CVE-2025-55338- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-1310, CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-34419
Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
- Record
EUVD-2025-34419- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rwj4-mf8r-c2pg
Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass...
Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
- Record
GHSA-rwj4-mf8r-c2pg- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-288, CWE-1310
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
- Record
CVE-2025-55338- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1310, CWE-288
- 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 11 version 25h2
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
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- 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)
- 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 11 25h2
- 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-2025-55338 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507, published October 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.07%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.