CVE-2025-27479
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 r2
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-27479 is a high-severity Insufficient Resource Pool (CWE-410) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked in the top 21% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-6 (Resource Availability) and AC-10 (Concurrent Session Control) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-27479 is an insufficient resource pool vulnerability in the Windows Kerberos component that permits denial of service over a network. The flaw is tracked under CWE-410 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction, resulting in high impact to availability while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can send crafted requests that exhaust the Kerberos resource pool, thereby disrupting Kerberos authentication services and causing denial of service to affected Windows systems.
Microsoft has published mitigation guidance in its Security Response Center update guide for this vulnerability.
The EPSS score for the CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.4150 with a current value of 0.2927, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after disclosure and that the issue warrants renewed attention.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-10184
Vulnerability Data
Insufficient resource pool in Windows Kerberos allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 5 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SC-6 directly requires allocation of resources by priority or other means to protect availability against demand spikes.
AC-10 limits concurrent sessions per user, structurally capping how much of the pool any single actor can consume.
SC-5 reduces the impact of resource-exhaustion DoS events without addressing pool sizing itself.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Directly requires maintaining adequate resource capacity to ensure availability, which prevents exhaustion attacks from insufficient pools.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Capacity management directly addresses sizing resource pools to handle peak demand and prevent exhaustion.
Redundancy of processing facilities mitigates resource exhaustion by providing failover capacity.
Secure architecture principles include designing adequate resource allocation and limits.
Security testing can detect insufficient resource pools before deployment.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
- V-248553 OL 8 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic are terminated after 10 minutes of becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-410
Oracle Linux 9 (2 rules)
- V-271709 OL 9 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic terminate after becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-410
- V-271710 OL 9 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic are terminated after 10 minutes of becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-410
RHEL 8 (2 rules)
- V-230244 RHEL 8 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic terminate after becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-410
- V-244525 RHEL 8 must be configured so that all network connections associated with SSH traffic are terminated after 10 minutes of becoming unresponsive. prevents CWE-410