CVE-2026-25166
Windows System Image Manager Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows System Image Manager allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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
Windows System Image Manager Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows System Image Manager allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-25166- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-10629
Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows System Image Manager allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-10629- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-4qj5-h5q3-9354
Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows System Image Manager allows an authorized attacker...
Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows System Image Manager allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Record
GHSA-4qj5-h5q3-9354- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows System Image Manager allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-25166- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows adk for windows 10, version 2004
- microsoft windows adk for windows 11, version 22h2
- microsoft windows adk for windows 11, version 23h2
- microsoft windows adk for windows 11, version 24h2
- microsoft windows adk for windows server 2022
- microsoft windows 10 1607
- microsoft windows 10 1809
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 25h2
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-2026-25166 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows Adk For Windows 10, Version 2004, published March 10, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.90%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.