CVE-2025-59261

Published: Oct 14, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.0

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9

Source: secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected (7)

Products: Microsoft: Windows 11 22h2, Windows 11 23h2, Windows 11 24h2, Windows 11 25h2, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 23h2, Windows Server 2025

7 products

Windows 11 22h2

Windows 11 23h2

Windows 11 24h2

Windows 11 25h2

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 23h2

Windows Server 2025

Configuration A

7 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 11 22h2	Before 10.0.22621.6060
Microsoft Windows 11 23h2	Up to 10.0.22631.6060
Microsoft Windows 11 24h2	Before 10.0.26100.6899
Microsoft Windows 11 25h2	Before 10.0.26200.6899
Microsoft Windows Server 2022	Before 10.0.20348.4294
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2	Before 10.0.25398.1913
Microsoft Windows Server 2025	Up to 10.0.26100.6899

Related CWEs

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

References (1)

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59261

Source: secure@microsoft.com

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