CVE-2025-22840

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.1%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 Scalable processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access

Severity

CVSS 4.0

5.3 medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.4 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-1281
Published: 2025-08-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01308.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00027.html

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