Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 14, 2025· Updated Feb 22, 2026
Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-55687
Description
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected products
22- Range: 10.0.10240.0
10.0.14393.0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.14393.0
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.19044.0
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.19045.0
- Range: 10.0.17763.0
10.0.22621.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.22621.0
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.22631.0
- Microsoft/Windows 11 version 22H3v5Range: 10.0.22631.0
- Range: 10.0.26100.0
- Range: 10.0.26200.0
6.2.9200.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 6.2.9200.0
- (no CPE)range: 6.3.9600.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 6.3.9600.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 6.2.9200.0
- Range: 10.0.14393.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.14393.0
- Range: 10.0.17763.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.17763.0
- Range: 10.0.20348.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.25398.0
- Range: 10.0.26100.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.26100.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55687mitrevendor-advisorypatch
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