CVE-2025-53722
Published: 12 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-53722 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Uncontrolled resource consumption, tracked as CWE-400, affects Windows Remote Desktop Services and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5. The flaw permits an unauthenticated network attacker to trigger excessive resource use, resulting in denial of service with no impact on confidentiality or integrity.
An attacker with network access can send crafted traffic to the Remote Desktop Services component without authentication or user interaction, exhausting server resources and rendering the service unavailable to legitimate users. The attack vector is rated as network-reachable with low complexity.
The associated Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53722 provides official guidance on available patches and mitigations. The EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.3732 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24307
Vulnerability details
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows Remote Desktop Services allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service 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.
Limiting concurrent sessions directly prevents uncontrolled resource consumption by capping the number of active sessions per user or account.
Analysis identifies uncontrolled resource consumption indicative of denial-of-service or abuse attempts.
Contingency plan testing includes resource exhaustion scenarios to verify recovery, making it harder for attackers to sustain exploits that cause uncontrolled consumption.
Updated contingency plans include current procedures to detect, contain, and recover from resource exhaustion, limiting an attacker's ability to sustain impact from uncontrolled consumption.
Alternate site allows resumption of operations if resource exhaustion at the primary site is exploited to cause unavailability.
Alternate telecommunications services enable resumption of essential functions when primary services become unavailable due to uncontrolled resource consumption.
The team can analyze and respond to resource exhaustion incidents, reducing the impact of attacks that exploit uncontrolled consumption weaknesses.
Timely maintenance support and spare parts enable rapid recovery from failures induced by uncontrolled resource consumption, shortening the impact window of denial-of-service attacks.