# CVE-2025-59497: Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Linux allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-59497-time-of-check-time-of-use-toctou-race-condition-in-microsoft  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-59497 · Severity: high · CVSS 7 · Published 2025-10-14

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Linux allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

Technologies: [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/defender-for-endpoint). Vendors: [Microsoft](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/microsoft).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-59497 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-59497 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-59497?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7, published 14 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-59497?** 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.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-59497?** Check whether you run Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. 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 Defender for Endpoint

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