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CVE-2025-55231 · Windows Storage-based Management Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Storage allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Severity
Important
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS
7.5 base · 6.5 temporal
Release
2025-08-21
Signals
Windows Storage Remote Code Execution Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: No Exploitability: Exploitation Unlikely
CWE
CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
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Description
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Storage allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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Windows Storage Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Storage allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Windows Storage Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Storage allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
FAQ
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.
FAQ
How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability? An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a malicious http request to the web server. A user would then have to restart the compromised service on the server to trigger the vulnerability.