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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-20028

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the WheaERST SMM module for some Intel(R) reference platforms may allow an escalation of privilege.

Published Mar 10, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Time-of-check time-of-use race condition

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20028. EPSS is 0.08%. Act only if a listed version of Time-of-check time-of-use race condition is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Time-of-check time-of-use race condition).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.08%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
See sources for product scope

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the WheaERST SMM module for some Intel(R) reference platforms may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high 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.

No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.

How to fix CVE-2025-20028

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20028. EPSS is 0.08%. Act only if a listed version of Time-of-check time-of-use race condition is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. EPSS 0.08%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 10, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the WheaERST SMM module for some Intel(R) reference platforms may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high 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 requi

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the WheaERST SMM module for some Intel(R) reference platforms may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high 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 requi

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20028

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-20028

    30-day exploitation probability 0.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20028

    Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the WheaERST SMM module for some Intel(R) reference platforms may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.