Vulnerability · CVE-2025-20053
Improper buffer restrictions for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local acces
Published Aug 12, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled
Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20053. EPSS is 0.15%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled is installed.
Gaps on this record
- 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
- High7.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.15%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor n/a Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled See references
Improper buffer restrictions for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor n/a Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled See referencesSee references
How to fix CVE-2025-20053
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
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-2025-20053. EPSS is 0.15%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with n/a Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled See references See references. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.15%. 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.
Aug 12, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Improper buffer restrictions for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Improper buffer restrictions for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20053
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-20053
30-day exploitation probability 0.15%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24440
Improper buffer restrictions for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor firmware with SGX enabled may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
- EUVDOct 20, 2026