CVE record · CVE-2025-53801

Microsoft DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0045 · 39th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 9 Sept 2025, 17:01 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1507	affected 10.0.10240.0 to before 10.0.10240.21128 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.8422 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.7792 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	affected 10.0.19044.0 to before 10.0.19044.6332 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	affected 10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.6332 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H2	affected 10.0.22621.0 to before 10.0.22621.5909 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H3	affected 10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.5909 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 23H2	affected 10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.5909 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.8422 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.8422 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.7792 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.7792 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.4171 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.25398.0 to before 10.0.25398.1849 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2025-53801
CNA: microsoft
Weakness (CWE): CWE-822
Tags: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2
Memory corruption
Published: 9 Sept 2025
Updated: 20 Feb 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	CNA (microsoft)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0045, the 39th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Sept 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53801 vendor-advisorypatch

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.