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CVE-2025-22885: Escalation of Privilege in TDX Module may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (low) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-22885cvecve-2025-22885
Published: 02/10/2026 (02/10/2026, 16:25:15 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Product: TDX Module may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (low) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Description

CVE-2025-22885 is a medium severity vulnerability in the TDX Module firmware caused by improper buffer restrictions. It allows a system software adversary with privileged user access to potentially escalate privileges via a high complexity local attack that requires no user interaction or special internal knowledge. The vulnerability primarily impacts confidentiality (high) and to a lesser extent integrity (low), with no availability impact. There are no known exploits in the wild and no patch information is currently provided.

CVSS v4.0

Score 5.6medium

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
High
Vuln. Integrity
Low
Vuln. Availability
None
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected software

TDX Module may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (low) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 05/28/2026, 21:23:47 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability arises from improper buffer restrictions in the TDX Module firmware, enabling escalation of privilege by a system software adversary who already has privileged user access. The attack requires local access and is of high complexity but does not require user interaction or special internal knowledge. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.6 (medium severity), reflecting high confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact. No official patch or remediation details are available at this time.

Potential Impact

An attacker with privileged user access on the local system could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges further, potentially compromising system confidentiality to a high degree and integrity to a low degree. Availability is not affected. There are no known exploits in the wild, indicating limited current active threat.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch or official fix is available, limit privileged user access and monitor for unusual activity consistent with privilege escalation attempts. No vendor advisory or patch links are currently provided.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
intel
Date Reserved
2025-01-23T03:59:09.855Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 698b5d5c4b57a58fa119cf0d

Added to database: 02/10/2026, 16:31:24 UTC

Last enriched: 05/28/2026, 21:23:47 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 22:11:58 UTC

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