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Intel MigTD CVE-2026-60139

MEDIUM
Improper Neutralization (CWE-707)
2026-11-10 intel
6.0
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: intel
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Gain adjacent network position on migration path
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted SPDM transport messages to MigTD
  3. Exploit
    Trigger improper neutralization (CWE-707) in parser
  4. Execution
    Crash or stall migration trust domain
  5. Impact
    Deny TD migration availability

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Improper neutralization
Exploitation Conditions

Requires adjacent network access to the MigTD SPDM transport channel used during Intel TDX Trust Domain migration (AV:A - not routable internet-wide), and per AT:P a specific attack requirement must be present for the condition to trigger (the exact requirement is not described in the available sources). No authentication is needed (PR:N) and no user interaction is required (UI:N). Limiting factors for defenders: the attacker must already be on the relevant adjacent segment, an active or reachable SPDM migration transport must be present, and the host must be an Intel TDX platform with MigTD deployed; impact is availability-only and does not propagate to subsequent systems (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

Impact

This is a medium-severity, defense-in-depth availability issue, not a top-tier emergency. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N) describes an adjacent, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack whose impact is confined to availability (VA:H) with low integrity impact (VI:L) and no confidentiality impact - and critically, no subsequent-system impact (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N), meaning the blast radius stays within the MigTD component rather than cascading to the broader TDX platform. The AT:P metric signals that a specific attack requirement must be present, so exploitation is conditional rather than always-on. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), which is consistent with a patch-on-normal-cadence posture. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no verified public exploit were provided, so there is no evidence of active or imminent exploitation. The adjacency requirement (not internet-remote) further narrows realistic exposure to attackers already on the relevant network segment during a TD migration. Net: a legitimate but non-urgent priority - real because it is unauthenticated and low-complexity against a trust-domain component, but bounded by adjacent access, a conditional attack requirement, and availability-only, non-propagating impact.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker positioned on the adjacent network segment used for Intel TDX trust-domain migration sends crafted SPDM transport messages to the MigTD endpoint, where improper neutralization (CWE-707) of the input causes a denial of service that disrupts the migration trust domain's availability. No authentication or user interaction is required, but the attacker must already have adjacent network access and a relevant attack requirement must be present. No public proof-of-concept or exploit code was identified in the provided sources.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 10, 2026

Denial of service in the Intel TDX Migration Trust Domain (MigTD) stems from improper neutralization of data handled over the SPDM transport used during Trust Domain migration, allowing a network-adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to disrupt the migration path and degrade availability (vendor score CVSS 6.0 under CVSS:4.0; independently re-scored as AV:A/AC:H/PR:N with integrity-low and availability-high impact). Exposure is limited to Intel TDX platforms that actually have MigTD deployed and an active or reachable SPDM migration transport on the attacker's adjacent segment, and the impact does not propagate to subsequent systems (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N). No public exploit code or PoC reference was identified at time of analysis and there is no CISA KEV entry; the specific attack requirement indicated by AT:P is not described in the available sources, and Intel advisory SA-01580 is the reference point for fixed builds.

RemediationAI

The supplied data does not include an exact fixed MigTD version, so the primary action is to obtain the corrected MigTD build from Intel advisory SA-01580 (https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01580.html) and verify which MigTD release the advisory lists as updated before rolling it out; the absence of a version in this dataset should not be read as an absence of a vendor fix. Because exploitation depends on the assessed prerequisites - adjacency to the SPDM migration transport (AV:A), a present attack requirement (AT:P), and a live or reachable migration channel - the practical compensating control is to place TDX migration traffic on a dedicated, tightly scoped network segment and limit which hosts can reach the MigTD SPDM transport endpoints, accepting reduced operational flexibility and slower migration provisioning as the trade-off. Deferring or serializing migrations across untrusted segments reduces the window in which the transport is reachable, at the cost of migration throughput and scheduling convenience; no configuration toggle that removes the AT:P precondition can be recommended because that precondition is not described in the available sources. This is a medium-severity availability issue scored as this_month priority, not an act-now emergency, but the fix should still be scheduled and the adjacent-segment exposure reviewed in the meantime.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Intel TDX (Trust Domain Extensions) isolates confidential virtual machines as Trust Domains, and MigTD is the firmware component that services Trust Domain migration, including the hand-off of migration state between source and destination platforms. Its SPDM (Security Protocol and Data Model, the DMTF-defined device attestation and secure-session protocol) transport carries the migration-related message exchange, and this transport is where the neutralization failure sits. The assigned weakness class, CWE-707 (Improper Neutralization), indicates that data accepted through that channel is not correctly neutralized before it is processed - a message-grammar/structure handling defect rather than a memory-corruption primitive, consistent with the reported integrity-low, availability-high impact and the absence of any confidentiality impact. The component operates at Ring 0 (hypervisor) level, so a successful disruption affects migration availability of the TDX host rather than guest user-space data. Note the scoring divergence: Intel's CVSS:4.0 vector rates attack complexity as Low (AC:L) for a 6.0 base score, while the independent re-score treats AC:H and keeps AV:A/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N, i.e. the attacker must already be on the adjacent segment, a migration-relevant attack requirement must be satisfied, and no credentials or user interaction are needed. The available sources do not state the exact trigger, the specific AT:P precondition, or whether particular SPDM message types or migration phases are required, so those details remain unverified.

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Severity by source

Vendor (intel) PRIMARY 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.9 MEDIUM

Adjacent unauthenticated vector with no user interaction; AT:P (conditional attack requirement) maps to AC:H in 3.1; availability-only high impact with low integrity and unchanged scope.

3.1 AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
4.0 AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (intel).

CVSS VectorVendor: intel

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper neutralization in the MigTD SPDM transport for the Intel(R) TDX Migration Trust Domain (MigTD) within Ring 0: Hypervisor may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via adjacent access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
Low
specialized Intel TDX confidential-computing migration component, limited and recent deployment footprint
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

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 N/A
Patch available No
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
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Controlled
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

30
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +30
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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