CVE-2025-26635
Published: 08 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-26635 is a medium-severity Weak Authentication (CWE-1390) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-10233
Vulnerability details
Weak authentication in Windows Hello allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Helps detect exploitation of weak authentication mechanisms by notifying of previous unauthorized logons.
The IA policy requires strong authentication methods, reducing use of weak authentication.
Enforces dynamic, context-aware authentication that mitigates weak static authentication by increasing requirements based on risk or conditions.
Enforces authentication for users, reducing the viability of weak authentication mechanisms.
Requires authentication mechanisms to meet applicable standards and guidelines, preventing weak authentication.