February 2025 Patch Tuesday: what Security and IT teams should prioritise
February 2025 Patch Tuesday is now available in the canonical BlackTree Patch Intelligence catalogue. The current bounded cohort covers Microsoft, Adobe and SAP. This is not a claim of unlimited vendor coverage.
The operational queue contains 71 approved patch records linked to 123 unique CVEs. BlackTree currently marks 18 records for an accelerated or out-of-band assessment. BlackTree urgency is separate from vendor severity, CVSS and EPSS.
Security teams should start with confirmed exploitation and exposed control-plane systems. IT administrators should then review applicability, prerequisites, restart impact, sequencing, known issues and rollback guidance on each patch detail page.
Most important Microsoft patches this month
The following fixes deserve early attention based on confirmed exploitation, public disclosure, attack path and technical impact. Applicability still depends on the products and roles deployed in each environment.
- CVE-2025-21418: Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Microsoft marked exploitation as detected when the update shipped. This is most relevant after an attacker has already gained a foothold on a Windows system. Important, CVSS 7.8.
- CVE-2025-21391: Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Microsoft marked exploitation as detected when the update shipped. This is most relevant after an attacker has already gained a foothold on a Windows system. Important, CVSS 7.1.
- CVE-2025-21376: Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Its CVSS vector describes a network attack that needs neither privileges nor user interaction. Critical, CVSS 8.1.
- CVE-2025-21377: NTLM Hash Disclosure Spoofing Vulnerability The issue was publicly disclosed before the update was released. Its CVSS vector describes a network attack that does not require prior privileges. Important, CVSS 6.5.
Open the canonical February 2025 Patch Tuesday action queue on cve.blacktree.nl.
Patch details and exploitation assessments were checked against the Microsoft Security Update Guide release data for February 2025.
Editorial article generated from approved catalogue data. Recheck the canonical cycle for later vendor revisions or BlackTree corrections.
