CVE-2025-20090

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

5.5

Untrusted Pointer Dereference for some Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology software before version 2.5.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 8.3%
KEV: Not listed

Published

August 12, 2025

Last Modified

December 5, 2025

References (1)

secure@intelhttps://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01301.html

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-822Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-06-02 20:12 UTCepss_batch
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2026-06-01 13:51 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-31 22:30 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-30 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-20090?

CVE-2025-20090 is a medium vulnerability published on August 12, 2025. Untrusted Pointer Dereference for some Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology software before version 2.5.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

When was CVE-2025-20090 disclosed?

CVE-2025-20090 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 12, 2025, with the most recent update on December 5, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-20090 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-20090 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 8.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-20090?

CVE-2025-20090 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-20090?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-20090, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2025-20090

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