Denial of Service Vulnerability in Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service by Microsoft
CVE-2025-26680

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Microsoft
Status
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 (server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2025 (server Core Installation)
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 April 2025

What is CVE-2025-26680?

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability exists in the Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, allowing unauthorized attackers to exploit the service and perform denial of service attacks over a network. This flaw can lead to significant disruption, affecting the availability of storage management functionalities and potentially rendering affected systems unresponsive. Organizations are urged to apply available security updates to mitigate risk and protect their environments.

Affected Version(s)

Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) x64-based Systems 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.22523

Windows Server 2012 R2 x64-based Systems 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.22523

Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) x64-based Systems 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.7969

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE...
vendor-advisory

EPSS Score

26% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-26680 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service by Microsoft