CVE-2025-27576 is a vulnerability identified in the Edge Orchestrator software used on the Intel® Tiber™ Edge Platform, affecting versions prior to 24.11.1. The flaw involves uncontrolled resource consumption, which can be triggered by an unauthenticated user with local access to the system. This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by exhausting system resources, potentially leading to service disruption or system instability. The vulnerability does not require authentication or user interaction, but it does require local access, which limits the attack vector to users or processes with some level of physical or logical proximity to the affected device. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 2.9, indicating a low severity primarily due to the requirement for local access and high attack complexity. The vulnerability impacts the availability of the Edge Orchestrator software by enabling resource exhaustion, but it does not affect confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild, and no patches or mitigation links have been provided yet. The Intel Tiber Edge Platform is typically used in edge computing environments where orchestration of distributed resources is critical, so disruption could impact operational continuity in such deployments.

For European organizations deploying the Intel Tiber Edge Platform with Edge Orchestrator software, this vulnerability could lead to localized denial of service conditions, potentially disrupting edge computing operations. This is particularly relevant for industries relying on edge computing for real-time data processing, such as manufacturing, telecommunications, smart cities, and critical infrastructure management. Although the attack requires local access, insider threats or compromised local devices could exploit this vulnerability to degrade service availability. The impact is mainly operational, potentially causing downtime or degraded performance of edge orchestration services, which could cascade into broader service interruptions if edge nodes are critical to business processes. However, the low severity and lack of remote exploitation reduce the likelihood of widespread impact. European organizations with stringent availability requirements should consider this vulnerability seriously to maintain operational resilience.

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should: 1) Ensure that access to devices running the Intel Tiber Edge Platform is strictly controlled and limited to trusted personnel and systems, employing strong physical and logical access controls. 2) Monitor local access logs and system resource usage to detect abnormal consumption patterns indicative of exploitation attempts. 3) Apply the vendor-provided update to version 24.11.1 or later as soon as it becomes available to remediate the vulnerability. 4) Implement network segmentation to isolate edge devices from less trusted network segments, reducing the risk of unauthorized local access. 5) Employ endpoint security solutions on local devices to detect and prevent malicious activity that could lead to exploitation. 6) Develop incident response plans that include procedures for handling denial of service incidents at the edge to minimize operational disruption.