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CVE-2025-61973

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists during the installation of Epic Games Store via the Microsoft Store. A low-privilege user can replace a DLL file during the installation process, which may result in unintended elevation of privileges.

Affected products

• Epic Games Store: 14.6.2.0

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2279
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2279

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