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Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-26 | Published 2025-07-08 | Updated 2026-02-13 | Assigner microsoft




MEDIUM: 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Problem types

CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Product status

10.0.10240.0 (custom) before 10.0.10240.21073
affected

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.8246
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.7558
affected

10.0.19044.0 (custom) before 10.0.19044.6093
affected

10.0.19045.0 (custom) before 10.0.19045.6093
affected

10.0.22621.0 (custom) before 10.0.22621.5624
affected

10.0.22631.0 (custom) before 10.0.22631.5624
affected

10.0.22631.0 (custom) before 10.0.22631.5624
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.4652
affected

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.8246
affected

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.8246
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.7558
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.7558
affected

10.0.20348.0 (custom) before 10.0.20348.3932
affected

10.0.25398.0 (custom) before 10.0.25398.1732
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.4652
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.4652
affected

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48818 (Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability) vendor-advisory patch

cve.org (CVE-2025-48818)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-48818)

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