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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-20083

Improper authentication in the firmware for the Intel(R) Slim Bootloader may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Published May 13, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Intel(R) Slim Bootloader

Check this week

CVE-2025-20083 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 16.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Intel(R) Slim Bootloader.

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
High7.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
16.00%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor n/a Intel(R) Slim Bootloader See references

Improper authentication in the firmware for the Intel(R) Slim Bootloader 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) Slim Bootloader See referencesSee references

How to fix CVE-2025-20083

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-20083 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 16.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Intel(R) Slim Bootloader.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with n/a Intel(R) Slim Bootloader 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 16.00%. 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. May 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Improper authentication in the firmware for the Intel(R) Slim Bootloader may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper authentication in the firmware for the Intel(R) Slim Bootloader may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20083

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14567

    Improper authentication in the firmware for the Intel(R) Slim Bootloader 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 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.