- 6.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Use of hard-coded credentials in Windows Hardware Lab Kit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 HLK version 20H2
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.19041.5609
Microsoft · Windows 10 HLK version 21H1
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.19041.5609
Microsoft · Windows 10 HLK version 21H2
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.19041.5609
Microsoft · Windows 10 HLK Version 22H2
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.19041.5609
Microsoft · Windows 11 HLK 22H2
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.22621.5040
Microsoft · Windows 11 HLK 24H2
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.26100.3478
Microsoft · Windows HLK for Windows 10 version 2004
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.19041.5609
Microsoft · Windows HLK for Windows Server 2019
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.17763.7010
Microsoft · Windows HLK for Windows Server 2022
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.20348.3330
Microsoft · Windows HLK for Windows Server 2025
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.26100.3478
Microsoft · Windows HLK, version 1809
- affected 1.0.0 – < 10.1.17763.7010
References
References1
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-14437 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-27488)Record last updated .