CVE-2025-26641
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-26641 was discovered in Windows Cryptographic Services. The issue was disclosed on April 8, 2025, and involves uncontrolled resource consumption that could enable unauthorized attackers to perform denial of service attacks over a network (NVD, CVE Mitre).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) and received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high availability impact (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability affects the availability of Windows Cryptographic Services. When successfully exploited, it allows attackers to cause denial of service conditions, potentially disrupting the normal operation of affected systems (NVD).

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