CVE-2025-61973: Epic Games Store

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Epic Games Store: version 14.6.2.0 only

Published 2026-01-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.