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.

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)

EPSS: 0.001 (0.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

N/a Intel(r) Converged Security And Management Engine — versions See references

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

secure@intel.com

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.