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TI-2025-24620 Aliases CVE-2025-35998GHSA-2xw2-f246-g27c

Missing protection mechanism for alternate hardware interface in the Intel(R) Quick…

Priority LOW 32CWE-1299Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Missing protection mechanism for alternate hardware interface in the Intel(R) Quick Assist Technology for some Intel(R) Platforms within Ring 0: Kernel may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present with special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00169 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Intel(R) PlatformsSee references—No fix listedCNA
  • Intel(R) Platforms Vendor— Affected See references Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:6888 Released 2026-04-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    microcode_ctl security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) microcode_ctl-4:20250211-1.20260227.1.el10_0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:6888
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-35998
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2xw2-f246-g27c

References

Other 1

Sources

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