Service Denial Vulnerability in Windows Kerberos by Microsoft
CVE-2025-27479
Key Information:
- Vendor
Microsoft
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 8 April 2025
What is CVE-2025-27479?
The Windows Kerberos service has a vulnerability due to insufficient resource management, which enables unauthorized attackers to execute denial of service attacks over a network. This can disrupt and impair critical services relying on Kerberos authentication, leading to potential system unavailability.

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Affected Version(s)
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) x64-based Systems 6.2.9200.0 < 6.2.9200.25423
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
References
EPSS Score
25% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved