Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious message to the server, potentially leading to remote code execution.
What is SPNEGO Extended Negotiation?
The SPNEGO Extended Negotiation Security Mechanism (NEGOEX) extends Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO) described in [RFC4178]. Please see SPNEGO Overview for more information.
Security updates
10.0.17763.7558 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062557
10.0.20348.3932 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062572
10.0.19044.6093 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062554
10.0.22621.5624 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062552
10.0.26100.4652 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062553
10.0.25398.1732 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062570
10.0.10240.21073 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062561
10.0.14393.8246 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062560
6.1.7601.27820 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062632
6.1.7601.27820 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062619
6.2.9200.25573 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062592
6.3.9600.22676 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062597
Vulnerabilities 1
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Critical 9.8
SPNEGO Extended Negotiation (NEGOEX) Security Mechanism Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows SPNEGO Extended Negotiation allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2025-47981 SPNEGO Extended Negotiation (NEGOEX) Security Mechanism Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47981
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss