What is CVE-2020-8685?

CVE-2020-8685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Led Manager For Nuc, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-8685?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Intel Led Manager For Nuc

CVE-2020-8685

Improper authentication in subsystem for Intel (R) LED Manager for NUC before version 1.2.3 may allow privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2020-08-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Led Manager For Nuc
Intel (R) Led Manager For Nuc Advisory — versions Before version 1.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00376.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8685?: CVE-2020-8685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Led Manager For Nuc, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-8685?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.