CVE-2025-55227

Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.8
EPSS: EPSS 1.42 % · percentile 73 (2026-10-28)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2025-09-09
Updated: 2026-02-20
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-27295
GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-55227

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2025-AVI-0780 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* ≥ 13.0.6300.2 < 13.0.6470.1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* ≥ 13.0.7000.253 < 13.0.7065.1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* ≥ 14.0.1000.169 < 14.0.2085.1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* ≥ 14.0.3006.16 < 14.0.3505.1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* ≥ 15.0.2000.5 < 15.0.2145.1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* ≥ 15.0.4003.23 < 15.0.4445.1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* ≥ 16.0.1000.6 < 16.0.1150.1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* ≥ 16.0.4003.1 < 16.0.4212.1

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR)	affected 13.0.0 < 13.0.6470.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 Azure Connect Feature Pack	affected 13.0.0 < 13.0.7065.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31)	affected 14.0.0 < 14.0.3505.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR)	affected 14.0.0 < 14.0.2085.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (CU 32)	affected 15.0.0.0 < 15.0.4445.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR)	affected 15.0.0 < 15.0.2145.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (CU 20)	affected 16.0.0.0 < 16.0.4212.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (GDR)	affected 16.0.0 < 16.0.1150.1

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55227

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD