CVE-2025-32724
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2025-32724) is a security flaw that allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network. This vulnerability was disclosed on June 10, 2025, affecting Windows systems, specifically the LSASS component. Microsoft has rated this vulnerability as Important with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 HIGH (Wiz, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an uncontrolled resource consumption issue (CWE-400) in the Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, requires no privileges or user interaction, and affects availability (NVD, Wiz).

Impact

The vulnerability impacts system availability by allowing attackers to cause a denial of service condition in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service. Since LSASS is a critical Windows component responsible for security policy enforcement, a successful attack could significantly disrupt system operations (Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability as part of the June 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. Organizations are advised to apply the security update promptly to protect against potential attacks (Wiz).

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