Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-20109

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the stream cache mechanism for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege

Published Aug 12, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Intel(R) Processors

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20109. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) Processors 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.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.14%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor n/a Intel(R) Processors See references

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the stream cache mechanism for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated 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) Processors See referencesSee references

How to fix CVE-2025-20109

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-2025-20109. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) Processors is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with n/a Intel(R) Processors 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 0.14%. 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. Aug 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the stream cache mechanism for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the stream cache mechanism for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20109

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-20109

    30-day exploitation probability 0.14%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24431

    Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the stream cache mechanism for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 29, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026