Intel Xeon Privilege Escalation via Instruction Sequencing (CVE-2025-22840)
CVE-2025-22840 Published on August 12, 2025

Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 Scalable processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-22840 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Type

What is a Halt and Catch Fire Vulnerability?

Specific combinations of processor instructions lead to undesirable behavior such as locking the processor until a hard reset performed.

CVE-2025-22840 has been classified to as a Halt and Catch Fire vulnerability or weakness.


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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.01%
Percentile
0.60%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.