# CVE-2025-24054: Microsoft Windows NTLM Hash Disclosure Spoofing Vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-24054-microsoft-windows-ntlm-hash-disclosure-spoofing-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-04-17. Updated: 2026-05-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-24054 · Severity: critical · CVSS 6.5 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-04-17

Microsoft Windows NTLM contains an external control of file name or path vulnerability (CWE-73) that allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network. This flaw can lead to NTLM hash disclosure, and it has been reported as being exploited in the wild.

Technologies: [Microsoft Windows](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/windows). Vendors: [Microsoft](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/microsoft).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-24054 exploited in the wild?** Yes. CVE-2025-24054 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 17 April 2025. Treat it as urgent.

**How severe is CVE-2025-24054?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 17 April 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Microsoft Windows NTLM; Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1; Microsoft Windows Server 2012; Microsoft Windows 10 1507 up to (excluding) 10.0.10240.20947; and 2 more.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-24054?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2025-24054 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in an operating system.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-24054?** Check whether you run Microsoft Windows. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Microsoft Windows NTLM
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft Windows 10 1507 up to (excluding) 10.0.10240.20947
- Microsoft Windows 10 1607 up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.7876
- Microsoft Windows 10 1809 up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.7009

## Timeline

- 2025-04-17: disclosed
- 2025-04-17: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
- 2025-04-17: advisory: Microsoft published vendor advisory
- 2025-04-18: other: Initial analysis by NIST
- 2025-05-29: other: Exploit and mitigation scripts published by Vicarius vsociety

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