# CVE-2025-26125

> As of 2025-03-24, CVE-2025-26125 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability, CVSS v3.1 7.3, EPSS 0.4% (37.3th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 3 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2025-26125, most recently “The Gentlemen RaaS overtakes Qilin as #1 ransomware operation, wields GentleKiller EDR-killer framework (400+ processes, 8 BYOVD variants) and 90% affiliate payouts”.

**Last updated:** 2025-03-24

## What is CVE-2025-26125?

An exposed ioctl in the IMFForceDelete driver of IObit Malware Fighter v12.1.0 allows attackers to arbitrarily delete files and escalate privileges.

The record classifies CVE-2025-26125 under weakness class [CWE-782](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/782.html). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. The identifier was first published 545 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 7.3 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.3% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 7.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2025-03-17, last modified 2025-03-24

## Is CVE-2025-26125 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2025-26125 is publicly available. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier.

- [ZeroMemoryEx/CVE-2025-26125](https://github.com/ZeroMemoryEx/CVE-2025-26125) (github)
- [trickest/cve](https://github.com/trickest/cve/blob/main/2025/CVE-2025-26125.md) (trickest)

## Affected products and versions

No affected-product or package list has been recorded for CVE-2025-26125 in the tracked sources. The vendor advisory and the references below are the authoritative statement of what is affected.

## How to fix CVE-2025-26125

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-26125 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat any affected deployment as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-26125

3 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2025-26125, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [The Gentlemen RaaS overtakes Qilin as #1 ransomware operation, wields GentleKiller EDR-killer framework (400+ processes, 8 BYOVD variants) and 90% affiliate payouts](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1332) — HIGH · 2026-07-14
- [The Gentlemen Ransomware: Worm-Like Self-Propagation and Network-Wide Encryption via Storm-2697's RaaS Affiliate Program](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1138) — CRITICAL · 2026-07-06
- [GentleKiller BYOVD EDR-Killing Framework Operated by The Gentlemen RaaS (hastalamuerte / Qilin lineage)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0893) — HIGH · 2026-06-21

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-06-22.

**Other references**

- [github.com](https://github.com/ZeroMemoryEx/IObit-EoP)
- [x.com](https://x.com/zeromemoryex/status/1876878269200449819)
- [github.com (CVE 2025 26125)](https://github.com/ZeroMemoryEx/CVE-2025-26125)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-26125
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2025-26125 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp