Vulnerabilities

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?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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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

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.