CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-35998

HIGH
7.9
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
microcode_ctlRed Hat / RHEL
Fixed in:4:20250211-1.20260227.1.el10_0RHSA-2026:6888
Fixed in:4:20250211-1.20260227.1.el10_0RHSA-2026:6888
microcode_ctlRocky
Fixed in:4:20250211-1.20260227.1.el10_0RHSA-2026:6888
Fixed in:4:20250211-1.20260227.1.el10_0RHSA-2026:6888

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days
5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

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