CVE-2025-21224
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2
- affected 10.0.19044.0 – < 10.0.19044.5371
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2
- affected 10.0.19045.0 – < 10.0.19045.5371
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2
- affected 10.0.22621.0 – < 10.0.22621.4751
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.4751
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.4751
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2
- affected 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.2894
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022
- affected 10.0.20348.0 – < 10.0.20348.3091
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.25398.0 – < 10.0.25398.1369
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025
- affected 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.2894
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.2894
References (3)
- Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-21224-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-windows-line-printer-daemon-service-mitigation-script (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-21224-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-windows-line-printer-daemon-service-detection-script (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2025-21224)Record last updated .