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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2025-59259: Windows Local Session Manager (LSM) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 14, 2025
Added
Oct 14, 2025
Modified
May 8, 2026

Description

Improper validation of specified type of input in Windows Local Session Manager (LSM) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb5066837microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb5066836microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb5066586microsoft-windows-windows_10-21h2-kb5066791microsoft-windows-windows_10-22h2-kb5066791microsoft-windows-windows_11-22h2-kb5066793microsoft-windows-windows_11-23h2-kb5066793microsoft-windows-windows_11-24h2-kb5066835microsoft-windows-windows_11-25h2-kb5066835microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb5066875microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb5066873microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb5066836microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb5066586microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5066782microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5066782microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-23h2-kb5066780microsoft-windows-windows_server_2025-24h2-kb5066835

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