CVE-2025-29831 Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
An unauthorized attacker can execute code over the network via a use-after-free flaw in the Windows Remote Desktop Gateway Service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-29831?
CVE-2025-29831 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, published on 13 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-29831?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2022, Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2 and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-29831?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-29831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2025-29831 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-29831 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Sources
Also known as GHSA-799h-p6qr-g4rf.