# Windows System Image Manager Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE record · `CVE-2026-25166`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-25166`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** microsoft
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-502](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html)
- **Tags:** [Insecure deserialization](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/deserialization.md)
- **Technologies:** [Microsoft Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 2004](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-adk-for-windows-10-version-2004.md) · [Microsoft Windows ADK for Windows 11, version 22H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-adk-for-windows-11-version-22h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows ADK for Windows 11, version 23H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-adk-for-windows-11-version-23h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows ADK for Windows 11, version 24H2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-adk-for-windows-11-version-24h2.md) · [Microsoft Windows ADK for Windows Server 2022](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-adk-for-windows-server-2022.md)
- **Published:** 10 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Jun 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 10 Mar 2026, 17:04 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: Microsoft. Product: Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 2004.
  - affected: `-`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows ADK for Windows 11, version 22H2.
  - affected: `-`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows ADK for Windows 11, version 23H2.
  - affected: `-`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows ADK for Windows 11, version 24H2.
  - affected: `-`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows ADK for Windows Server 2022.
  - affected: `-`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 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`, from CNA (microsoft)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.019, the 79th percentile, on 12 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 10 Mar 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-25166](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25166)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-25166](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25166)

### References from the CNA

- <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25166> (vendor-advisory, patch)

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.

## Check whether this affects you

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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