What is CVE-2025-35968?

CVE-2025-35968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Slim Bootloader, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-35968?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Slim Bootloader

CVE-2025-35968

Protection mechanism failure in the UEFI firmware for the Slim Bootloader within firmware may allow an escalation of privilege. Startup code and smm adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalat…

EPSS: 0.001 (1.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

N/a Slim Bootloader — versions See references

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

secure@intel.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-35968?: CVE-2025-35968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Slim Bootloader, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-35968?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.