CVE-2025-29968 — Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Executive Summary

Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Overview

6.5

CVSS MEDIUM

Important

MS Severity

Not Exploited

MS Exploit Status

Exploitation Unlikely

MS Exploit Likelihood

Category Denial of Service

Weakness CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Released May 13 2025

Last Updated May 13 2025

Publicly Disclosed No

CISA KEV Not Listed

Known Exploits None Known

EPSS Score 0.01624 — 0.73657 percentile

NVD CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM — matches MSRC

CVSS Vector

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

ATTACK VECTOR

Network

ATTACK COMPLEXITY

Low

PRIVILEGES REQUIRED

Low

USER INTERACTION

None

SCOPE

Unchanged

CONFIDENTIALITY

None

INTEGRITY

None

AVAILABILITY

High

EXPLOIT CODE MATURITY

Unproven

REMEDIATION LEVEL

Official Fix

REPORT CONFIDENCE

Confirmed

Temporal Score: 5.7

EPSS Score

0.01624

probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

0.73657 percentile - updated 2026-07-25

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Affected Products

10 affected products

Product	KB Article	Severity	Impact	Restart Required
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 5058449 (Monthly Rollup) 5058429 (Security Only) Important Denial of Service 5055609 Base: 6.5 Temporal: 5.7 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C 6.0.6003.23279 Yes None Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 5058449 (Monthly Rollup) 5058429 (Security Only) Important Denial of Service 5055609 Base: 6.5 Temporal: 5.7 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C 6.0.6003.23279 Yes None Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 5058449 (Monthly Rollup) 5058429 (Security Only) Important Denial of Service 5055609 Base: 6.5 Temporal: 5.7 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C 6.0.6003.23279 Yes None Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 5058449 (Monthly Rollup) 5058429 (Security Only) Important Denial of Service 5055609 Base: 6.5 Temporal: 5.7 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C 6.0.6003.23279 Yes None Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 5058430 (Monthly Rollup) 5058454 (Security Only) Important Denial of Service 5055561 Base: 6.5 Temporal: 5.7 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C 6.1.7601.27729 Yes None Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) 5058430 (Monthly Rollup) 5058454 (Security Only) Important Denial of Service 5055561 Base: 6.5 Temporal: 5.7 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C 6.1.7601.27729 Yes None Windows Server 2012	`5058451 (Monthly Rollup)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	`5058451 (Monthly Rollup)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2	`5058403 (Monthly Rollup)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	`5058403 (Monthly Rollup)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2016	`5058383 (Security Update)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	`5058383 (Security Update)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2019	`5058392 (Security Update)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	`5058392 (Security Update)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2022 5058385 (Security Update) 5058500 (SecurityHotpatchUpdate) Important Denial of Service 5055526 Base: 6.5 Temporal: 5.7 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C 10.0.20348.3692 10.0.20348.3630 Yes None Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)	`5058385 (Security Update)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)	`5058384 (Security Update)`	Important	Denial of Service	Yes

Patches

6 patches

Article	Type	Restart
`5058451`	Monthly Rollup	Yes
`5058403`	Monthly Rollup	Yes
`5058383`	Security Update	Yes
`5058392`	Security Update	Yes
`5058385`	Security Update	Yes
`5058384`	Security Update	Yes

Known Exploits

No known exploits have been linked for this CVE yet. When available, exploit references will be sourced from public repositories and may be unverified, incomplete, or non-functional. Always review code carefully before use in any environment.

Acknowledgments

Anonymous

References

MSRC Advisory MITRE NVD