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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-26431
CVE-2025-26431:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Windows Recovery Environment Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-26431) is a security flaw that affects Windows systems. This vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high severity level (Rapid7 Blog, CrowdStrike Blog).
Technical details
The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges through the Windows Recovery Environment Agent. The high CVSS base score of 7.8 indicates significant potential impact and relatively straightforward exploitation (Rapid7 Blog).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability enables attackers to gain elevated privileges on affected Windows systems, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary code with higher privileges than intended (CrowdStrike Blog).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Organizations are advised to apply the relevant patches through Windows Update or manual installation of security updates (CrowdStrike Blog).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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