CVE-2022-26925 — Windows 7
HIGHCVE-2022-26925 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.1) Missing Authentication vulnerability in microsoft windows 7. It is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-07-01) — treat it as actively exploited and patch now. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Windows LSA Spoofing Vulnerability
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- Confirmed by CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-07-01. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2022-07-22.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA (KEV catalog and SSVC triage) for CVE-2022-26925.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2022-26925 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 395,249 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 10–50% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
Windows LSA Spoofing Vulnerability
Affected Products
windows 7microsoftwindows 8.1microsoftwindows 10 20h2microsoftwindows 10 21h1microsoftwindows 10 21h2microsoftwindows 10 1507microsoftResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every microsoft windows 7 deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Fix
Apply the microsoft windows 7 security patch or hotfix for CVE-2022-26925 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-26925 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.