Title: CVE-2025-53788 — What the WSL2 TOCTOU kernel vulnerability means for Windows users (deep technical briefing + practical guidance)
Executive summary
On August 2025’s Patch cycle Microsoft confirmed a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) kernel security fix identified as CVE‑2025‑53788...
cve-2025-53788
edr
enterprise security
hardening
incident response
kernel security
least privilege
local privilege escalation
msrc
open source wsl
patch tuesday
privilege escalation
security update
toctou
vmid
windows security
windows subsystem for linux
wsl
wsl2
wslinfo