Vulnerability · CVE-2025-29968
Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Published May 13, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 13, 2026 · Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-29968. EPSS is 2.02%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 2.02%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) 10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1611
Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Are you affected?
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- vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) 10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.161110.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1611
How to fix CVE-2025-29968
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-29968. EPSS is 2.02%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) 10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1611 10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1611. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 2.02%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 13, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Feb 13, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-29968
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-29968
30-day exploitation probability 2.0%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14469
Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.