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High MSRC-CVE-2025-26637 1 CVE

Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published Apr 8, 2025 · Updated Apr 9, 2025 · Revision 2

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Security Feature Bypass. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

Are the updates for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems and Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems currently available?
Yes. As of April 9, 2025, the security update (5055547) for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems and Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems are available. Customers running Windows 10 should ensure the update is installed to be protected from this vulnerability.

What kind of security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability?
A successful attacker could bypass the BitLocker Device Encryption feature on the system storage device. An attacker with physical access to the target could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to encrypted data.

Security updates
10.0.17763.7136 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055519
10.0.20348.3453 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055526
10.0.19044.5737 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055518
10.0.22621.5189 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055528
10.0.26100.3775 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055523
10.0.25398.1551 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055527
10.0.10240.20978 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055547
10.0.14393.7969 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055521
6.3.9600.22523 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055557

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #2

    The security updates for Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 10 for x64-based Systems are now available. See the Security Updates table for more information.

  2. #1

    Information published.

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