CVE-2025-27479: Kerberos Key Distribution Proxy Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

7.5 CVSS

Description

Insufficient resource pool in Windows Kerberos allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-27479

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Problem Types

CWE-410: Insufficient Resource Pool

Affected Products

Vendor: Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft

Product: Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 2.14% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 83.24% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27479
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27479

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