CVE-2025-59281 Xbox Gaming Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authorized local attacker can elevate privileges in Xbox Gaming Services due to improper link resolution before file access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-59281?
CVE-2025-59281 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services, published on 14 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in XBox Gaming Services allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59281?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services.
How do I fix CVE-2025-59281?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59281 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-59281 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59281 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-55245 Xbox Gaming Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-55242 Xbox Certification Bug Copilot Djando Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m6xp-53g9-23jp.