CVE-2025-33000

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-11-11 · updated 2026-10-19
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Improper input validation for some Intel QuickAssist Technology before version 2.6.0 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated 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 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.

Affected products

Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology software: before 2.6.0-0018 — fixed in 2.6.0-0018

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology software 2.6.0-0018. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01373.html

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