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
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.
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
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