What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-33068?

CVE-2025-33068 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 26.8%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-33068?

Within 24 hours: Identify all Windows servers running Standards-Based Storage Management Service and confirm patch availability from Microsoft. Within 7 days: Test and deploy the available vendor patch to non-production servers; apply to production systems on an expedited schedule based on business criticality. Within 30 days: Complete patch deployment across all affected systems and validate storage management service functionality post-remediation.

Windows CVE-2025-33068

Q: Which versions of Windows are affected by CVE-2025-33068?

CVE-2025-33068 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service that allows unauthenticated network attackers to disrupt storage operations…. A patch is available.

EUVD-2025-17740 HIGH

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2025-06-10 secure@microsoft.com

Windows Denial Of Service Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2025

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-400 OWASP Top 10:2025 A06:2025 - Insecure Design ASVS 5.0 V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits MITRE ATT&CK 1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. Sign in to read
Impact	CVSS 7.5, EPSS 26.8%. While not RCE, disrupting storage management on servers that depend on SMI-S storage provisioning can impact storage operations, volume management, and SAN connectivity in enterprise environments.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	An attacker sends crafted requests to the storage management service, exhausting its resources. Storage provisioning operations fail, preventing new volume creation, snapshot management, and SAN operations on the affected server.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: HIGH severity + EPSS > 10%.

Patch available 26.8% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 14, 2026

Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability allowing unauthenticated network attackers to cause denial of service. The service manages storage operations and its disruption affects storage provisioning and management on Windows servers.

Earlier versions of this analysis (1)

v1 Mar 14, 2026 - 19:49 CVSS 7.5

Remote DoS against Windows Storage Management Service via resource exhaustion disrupts storage operations on affected servers.

RemediationAI

Apply the Microsoft security update. Restrict network access to the storage management service port. Monitor service health for resource consumption anomalies.

Affected VersionsENISA

Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.8148

Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.8148

Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.0 <10.0.20348.3807

Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4349

Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) 6.3.9600.0 <6.3.9600.22620

Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.7434

Windows Server 2012 R2 6.3.9600.0 <6.3.9600.22620

Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.7434

Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4349

Affected Packages

euvd windows_server_2012_r2 fix: 6.3.9600.22620

euvd windows_server_2012_r2_server_core_installation fix: 6.3.9600.22620

euvd windows_server_2016 fix: 10.0.14393.8148

euvd windows_server_2016_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.14393.8148

euvd windows_server_2019 fix: 10.0.17763.7434

euvd windows_server_2019_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.17763.7434

euvd windows_server_2022 fix: 10.0.20348.3807

euvd windows_server_2025 fix: 10.0.26100.4349

euvd windows_server_2025_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.26100.4349

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 9 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The Standards-Based Storage Management Service (smphost) manages SMI-S based storage operations on Windows servers. An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw allows remote attackers to exhaust service resources without authentication, causing storage management operations to fail.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Updated

Apr 16, 2026 - 06:41 EUVD-patch-fix

executive summary

Patch available

Apr 16, 2026 - 05:29 EUVD

10.0.14393.8148,10.0.20348.3807,10.0.26100.4349

CVE Published

Jun 10, 2025 - 17:22 nvd

HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

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Why It Matters

CVE-2025-33068 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service that allows unauthenticated network attackers to disrupt storage operations across Windows server infrastructure. Exploitation could impact business continuity by degrading or disabling storage provisioning and management capabilities, affecting dependent applications and data availability.

Business Impact: High

Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. Interim mitigations pending patch deployment: implement network-level access controls to restrict connections to the Standards-Based Storage Management Service to trusted administrative networks only; monitor service availability and resource consumption for anomalous activity; consider temporary isolation of non-critical storage management functions if DoS risk is elevated in your environment.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

26.8%

Top 4% exploitable

Data Quality

4 sources

Confidence: Medium

EUVD

NVD

CVE.org

EPSS

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity HIGH

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 26.8%

Patch available Yes

Active threat No

Deciding rule

HIGH severity + EPSS > 10%

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Scheduled

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Open

Automatable· derived

Yes

Human Impact

High

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +27

CVSS: +38

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service MEDIUM

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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References

Advisories & patches

ADVISORY https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33068 ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33068

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