# CVE-2025-59287: Microsoft Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

- Exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-10-24
- Published: 2025-10-14
- CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1)
- EPSS: 100.0% (100th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-502

Deserialization of untrusted data in Windows Server Update Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-10-24 | 10 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-12-03 | 50 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-10-24 · new · rule 5eaeb5ea6e5a4bce867eb3ffbd72ba08 · default Block
  > Windows Server - Deserialization - CVE:CVE-2025-59287. Previous action: N/A. New action: Block. This is a New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-10-24-emergency-waf-release/

### F5

- 2025-12-03 · new · rule 200204044
  > Added: signature 200204044 "WSUS Unauthenticated RCE" (Server Side Code Injection, risk High), systems: Microsoft Windows. References: CVE-2025-59287.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

## Our test (measured)

- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 1, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: partial (1 of 4 requests blocked), template CVE-2025-59287, 2026-11-02
- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 2, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: partial (1 of 4 requests blocked), template CVE-2025-59287, 2026-11-02

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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