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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-60716

Use after free in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Published Nov 11, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)

Last checked Oct 25, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-60716. EPSS is 0.39%. 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.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.39%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) 10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1965

Use after free in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Are you affected?

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

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) 10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.196510.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1965

How to fix CVE-2025-60716

  • Upgrade

    CVE-2025-60716 lists a fix boundary at 10.0.25398.1965. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.

  • Version check

    Seen in 10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1965

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • 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-2025-60716. EPSS is 0.39%. 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 <10.0.25398.1965 10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1965. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.39%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Use after free in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Use after free in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-60716

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-93414

    Use after free in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 25, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 24, 2026