What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-22840?

CVE-2025-22840 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.3 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-22840?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Intel CVE-2025-22840

MEDIUM

Sequence of Processor Instructions Leads to Unexpected Behavior (CWE-1281)

2025-08-12 secure@intel.com

Privilege Escalation Intel Suse

5.3

CVSS 4.0 · NVD

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-1281 OWASP Top 10:2025 A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components ASVS 5.0 V14 - Configuration Dependency management, component inventory
Impact	CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, high complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.01%.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).

Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026

Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 Scalable processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3). No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-1281. Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 Scalable processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SUSE 7.4 HIGH

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Attack Requirements

Present

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Passive

Vulnerable system: Confidentiality

High

Vulnerable system: Integrity

High

Vulnerable system: Availability

Low

Subsequent system: Confidentiality

None

Subsequent system: Integrity

None

Subsequent system: Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Apr 05, 2026 - 08:30 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Aug 12, 2025 - 17:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

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Why It Matters

CVE-2025-22840 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 5.3. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.

Business Impact: Low

Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

0.0%

Top 99% exploitable

Data Quality

3 sources

Confidence: Low

NVD

CVE.org

EPSS Vendor

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity MEDIUM

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 0.0%

Patch available Yes

Active threat No

Deciding rule

MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Defer

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Small

Automatable· derived

Human Impact

Low

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: 0

CVSS: +26

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege Escalation HIGH

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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