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 escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
EPSS: 0.001 (1.7th 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)
References
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.