CVE-2025-62218: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A race condition vulnerability (CVE-2025-62218) was discovered in the Microsoft Wireless Provisioning System. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 11, 2025, and affects multiple versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems. This security flaw allows an authorized attacker with local access to elevate their privileges on affected systems (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). Microsoft has assigned it a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.0 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access required, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction needed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

The vulnerability affects multiple Windows versions including Windows 10 (versions 1607, 1809, 21H2, 22H2) and Windows 11 (versions 23H2, 24H2, 25H2). If successfully exploited, the vulnerability allows an attacker to elevate their privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining higher levels of access to system resources (Rapid7).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected Windows versions. The fixes are available through various Knowledge Base (KB) updates including KB5068864 for Windows 10 1607, KB5068791 for Windows 10 1809, KB5068781 for Windows 10 21H2/22H2, KB5068865 for Windows 11 23H2, and KB5068861 for Windows 11 24H2/25H2 (Rapid7).