Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-26684

Medium

Published: 13 May 2025

Published
13 May 2025
Modified
19 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0087 75.6th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-26684 is a medium-severity External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73) vulnerability in Microsoft Defender For Endpoint. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

External control of file name or path in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
defender for endpoint
≤ 101.25032.0008

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.

addresses: CWE-73

Rejects externally supplied file or resource identifiers that fail validity checks.

addresses: CWE-610

Limits impact of an externally controlled reference to a primary information resource by switching to an identified alternative.

References