CVE-2025-21225: Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.9)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Denial of Service
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2025-Jan
Released
2025-01-14
Last Updated
2025-01-14
EPSS Score
0.33% (percentile: 55.6%)

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.

Affected Products (9)

Windows

  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (5)

Acknowledgments

<p>ʌ!ↄ⊥ojv with Kunlun Lab</p>

Revision History

  • 2025-01-14: Information published.
  • 2025-01-14: Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.