Vulnerability · CVE-2025-26404
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Published Aug 12, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Intel(R) DSA software
Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-26404. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) DSA software is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.4
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.14%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor n/a Intel(R) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9 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) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9before version 25.2.15.9
How to fix CVE-2025-26404
Upgrade
CVE-2025-26404 lists a fix boundary at version. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in before version 25.2.15.9
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-2025-26404. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) DSA software is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with n/a Intel(R) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9 before version 25.2.15.9. 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.
Aug 12, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Fix available
n/a Intel(R) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9 fixed in version 25.2.15.9
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-26404
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-26404
30-day exploitation probability 0.14%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24394
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) DSA software before version 25.2.15.9 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 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
- EUVDOct 20, 2026