Vulnerability · Published Feb 10, 2026 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2025-20070

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Intel(R) Optane(TM) PMem management software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper conditions check for the Intel(R) Optane(TM) PMem management software before versions CR_MGMT_02.00.00.4052, CR_MGMT_03.00.00.0538 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable [cvss_threat_loss_factor]. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires active user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Intel(R) Optane(TM) PMem management software	See references

Weakness: CWE-754 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01323.html