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CVE-2023-36025 — microsoft:windows_server_2022

CISA KEV

CVSS v3.1 8.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 90.2% (higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2023-11-14

As of 2025-10-28, CVE-2023-36025 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in microsoft:windows_server_2022, CVSS v3.1 8.8, EPSS 90.2% (99.5th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-11-14), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2023-12-05. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2023-36025, most recently “CPUID Supply Chain Compromise — Trojanized CPU-Z 2.19, HWMonitor 1.63, PerfMonitor 2, and powerMAX Installers Distributed via Compromised cpuid.com API”.

Last updated: 2025-10-28

What is CVE-2023-36025?

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 13 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1034 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 8.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 90.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Listed since 2023-11-14, federal remediation deadline 2023-12-05
Threadlinqs priority: 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published: 2023-11-14, last modified 2025-10-28

Is CVE-2023-36025 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2023-36025 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-11-14, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2023-12-05 under BOD 22-01. It currently carries a trending score of 40 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

(vendor unspecified): microsoft:windows_server_2022, microsoft:windows_11_21h2, microsoft:windows_server_2012, microsoft:windows_10_22h2, microsoft:windows_server_2008, microsoft:windows_10_1809, microsoft:windows_10_1507, microsoft:windows_server_2019, microsoft:windows_10_1607, microsoft:windows_11_23h2, microsoft:windows_server_2016, microsoft:windows_11_22h2, microsoft:windows_10_21h2

How to fix CVE-2023-36025

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2023-36025. Patch reference: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36025. Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36025. Because CVE-2023-36025 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2023-12-05. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-36025

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-36025, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

CPUID Supply Chain Compromise — Trojanized CPU-Z 2.19, HWMonitor 1.63, PerfMonitor 2, and powerMAX Installers Distributed via Compromised cpuid.com API — CRITICAL · 2026-04-10

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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