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CVE-2025-62215 Microsoft CVE debrief

CVE-2025-62215 is a Microsoft Windows race condition vulnerability that CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-11-12. Because it is in KEV, organizations should treat it as a priority defensive item and follow Microsoft’s guidance and any applicable CISA remediation requirements. The supplied corpus does not include a CVSS score or version-specific impact details.

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
CVSS
HIGH 7
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2025-11-12
Original CVE updated
2025-11-12
Advisory published
2025-11-12
Advisory updated
2025-11-12

Who should care

Windows administrators, endpoint security teams, vulnerability management teams, and cloud/service owners running Microsoft Windows systems should review this immediately, especially where patching and mitigation timelines are tightly controlled.

Technical summary

The supplied record identifies the issue as a race condition in Microsoft Windows. Beyond that classification, the corpus does not provide affected versions, exploit conditions, or impact specifics. The key operational fact is CISA’s KEV listing, which indicates known exploitation and requires prompt mitigation or remediation aligned with vendor guidance.

Defensive priority

Urgent. CISA KEV inclusion indicates a known-exploited vulnerability and sets a remediation due date of 2025-12-03 in the supplied timeline.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Review Microsoft's official guidance for CVE-2025-62215 and apply the recommended mitigations or updates as soon as possible.
  • Track the CISA KEV due date of 2025-12-03 and prioritize affected Windows assets ahead of other routine maintenance.
  • If mitigations are unavailable, follow the CISA-required fallback guidance: discontinue use of the product where feasible.
  • Validate whether any Windows systems in your environment are exposed, including cloud-hosted deployments that may require BOD 22-01 considerations.
  • Confirm remediation completion through vulnerability scanning or other internal verification.
  • Monitor for updates to the Microsoft and CISA entries if additional impact or remediation detail is published.

Evidence notes

CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entry names CVE-2025-62215 as a Microsoft Windows race condition vulnerability and lists dateAdded 2025-11-12 with dueDate 2025-12-03. The KEV metadata also notes that Microsoft’s update guide and NVD are relevant references. The supplied corpus does not include a CVSS score, affected-version list, or exploitation details beyond KEV inclusion.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2025-62215 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62215

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2025-62215 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62215

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.