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CVE-2025-21351

Windows - Active Directory Domain Services

Microsoft CVSS 7.5 Updated March 10, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows Active Directory Domain Services API, which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. This vulnerability can be exploited by sending a specially crafted request to the API, resulting in a denial of service."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Service
Target Asset lsass.exe
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: lsass.exe (Service)
$Targets = 'lsass.exe'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

Directory Services

Internal Work Notes

Apply security update to mitigate Windows Active Directory Domain Services API Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21351)

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