Vulnerability in Intel(r) Converged Security And Management Engine

CVE-2025-20037

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in firmware for some Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 0.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-20037: held from 0.001 to 0.001.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Intel(r) Converged Security And Management Engine — versions See references

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20037?
CVE-2025-20037 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel(r) Converged Security And Management Engine, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-20037?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-20037 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.