CVE-2025-53139: Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.28% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems 10.0.19044.6456; Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems 10.0.19044.6456; Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems 10.0.19044.6456.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems 10.0.19044.6456; Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems 10.0.19044.6456; Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems 10.0.19044.6456 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Windows Hello allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
- Published
- Oct 14, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 21th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-319
Report tools
Action score
28
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.1
- CNA · microsoft
- 7.7
- 0.6 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 10 21h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2 |
| microsoft | windows 10 22h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 22h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 23h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 24h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 25h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2 |
| microsoft | windows server 2025 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025 |
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Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
- 10.0.19044.0 and later · before 10.0.19044.6456affected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
- 10.0.19045.0 and later · before 10.0.19045.6456affected
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
- 10.0.22621.0 and later · before 10.0.22621.6060affected
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3
- 10.0.22631.0 and later · before 10.0.22631.6060affected
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2
- 10.0.22631.0 and later · before 10.0.22631.6060affected
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
- 10.0.26100.0 and later · before 10.0.26100.6899affected
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2
- 10.0.26200.0 and later · before 10.0.26200.6899affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2025
- 10.0.26100.0 and later · before 10.0.26100.6899affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.26100.0 and later · before 10.0.26100.6899affected
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft windows server 2025up to 10.0.26100.6899 inclusive
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems | 10.0.19044.6456 · KB5066791 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems | 10.0.19044.6456 · KB5066791 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems | 10.0.19044.6456 · KB5066791 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems | 10.0.19045.6456 · KB5066791 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems | 10.0.19045.6456 · KB5066791 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems | 10.0.19045.6456 · KB5066791 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems | 10.0.22621.6060 · KB5066793 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems | 10.0.22621.6060 · KB5066793 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems | 10.0.22631.6060 · KB5066793 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems | 10.0.22631.6060 · KB5066793 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems | 10.0.26100.6899 · KB5066835 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems | 10.0.26100.6899 · KB5066835 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems | 10.0.26200.6899 · KB5066835 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based Systems | 10.0.26200.6899 · KB5066835 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows Server 2025 | 10.0.26100.6899 · KB5066835 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.26100.6899 · KB5066835 | Microsoft (MSRC) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-319 · Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.