CVE-2025-4952 Denial-of-service vulnerability in ESET security products for Windows
Attackers can tamper with registry entries to prevent ESET Windows security products from starting or alter their configuration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4952?
CVE-2025-4952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ESET Endpoint Antivirus, published on 31 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Tampering of the registry entries might have led to preventing the ESET security products from starting correctly on the next system startup or to unauthorized changes in the product's configuration.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4952?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4952?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-4952 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4952 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m69p-r3h8-6wpr.