SMB Server might be susceptible to relay attacks depending on the configuration. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could perform relay attacks and make the users subject to elevation of privilege attacks. The SMB Server already supports mechanisms for hardening against relay attacks:
SMB Server signing SMB Server Extended Protection for Authentication (EPA)
Microsoft is releasing this CVE to provide customers with audit capabilities to help them to assess their environment and to identify any potential device or software incompatibility issues before deploying SMB Server hardening measures that protect against relay attacks. If you have not already enabled SMB Server hardening measures, we advise customers to take the following actions to be protected from these relay attacks:
Assess your environment by utilizing the audit capabilities that we are exposing in the September 2025 security updates. See Support for Audit Events to deploy SMB Server Hardening—SMB Server Signing & SMB Server EPA. Adopt appropriate SMB Server hardening measures.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows | — | 2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 22H2 (KB5065431)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5065426)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 23H2 (KB5065425)2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1607 (KB5065427)2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, version SP1 (KB5065510)2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1507 (KB5065430)2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2016, version 1607 (KB5065427)2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 22H2 (KB5065429)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5065431)2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2008, version SP2 (KB5065511)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2019, version 1809 (KB5065428)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2025, version 24H2 (KB5065426)2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (KB5065509)2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB5065507)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 22H2 (KB5065432)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 21H2 (KB5065432)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1809 (KB5065428)2025-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 21H2 (KB5065429) | Sep 9, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 |
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