CVE-2025-48800 Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
An attacker with physical access can bypass Windows BitLocker security features, compromising data protection on affected systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48800?
CVE-2025-48800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 8 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Protection mechanism failure in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48800?
It affects 13 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1507, Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48800?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48800 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-48800 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48800 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-33073 Microsoft Windows SMB Client Improper Access Control
- CVE-2024-49039 Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-43461 Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cv94-mx5j-2974.