[UPDATE] [high] Intel Processor: Multiple Vulnerabilities

highCVE-2025-35979 CVE-2025-35991 CVE-2026-20753

A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Intel Processor to gain elevated privileges or disclose confidential information.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Intel product: Intel Processor Privilege escalation Information disclosure

What: Multiple vulnerabilities allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or disclose confidential information.
Who is affected: Users of Intel Processors are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is high urgency due to the potential for privilege escalation and information disclosure.
Action: Apply the latest firmware updates for Intel Processors.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: high
Published: 2026-07-21
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-1480

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-359790.10% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 1% of all scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-359910.10% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 1% of all scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-207530.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-35979	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-35991	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-20753	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Intel Processor

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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