CVE-2026-20715: Denial of Service in Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel(R) AMT) and some Intel(R) Standard Manageability may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via network access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none
CVE-2026-20715 is a denial of service vulnerability in Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and some Intel Standard Manageability firmware. It arises from improper input validation, allowing a network adversary to cause denial of service without authentication or user interaction. The vulnerability impacts system availability but does not affect confidentiality or integrity. The attack complexity is low and can be executed remotely via network access.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves improper input validation in certain firmware components of Intel AMT and some Intel Standard Manageability products. An unauthenticated network attacker with low complexity can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service condition, impacting the availability of the affected system. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability does not require special internal knowledge or user interaction to be exploited.
Potential Impact
The primary impact is high on system availability due to denial of service. There are no impacts on confidentiality or integrity. The affected systems may become unavailable or unresponsive as a result of exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary mitigation has been documented at this time.
CVE-2026-20715: Denial of Service in Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel(R) AMT) and some Intel(R) Standard Manageability may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via network access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none
Description
CVE-2026-20715 is a denial of service vulnerability in Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and some Intel Standard Manageability firmware. It arises from improper input validation, allowing a network adversary to cause denial of service without authentication or user interaction. The vulnerability impacts system availability but does not affect confidentiality or integrity. The attack complexity is low and can be executed remotely via network access.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.2high
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves improper input validation in certain firmware components of Intel AMT and some Intel Standard Manageability products. An unauthenticated network attacker with low complexity can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service condition, impacting the availability of the affected system. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability does not require special internal knowledge or user interaction to be exploited.
Potential Impact
The primary impact is high on system availability due to denial of service. There are no impacts on confidentiality or integrity. The affected systems may become unavailable or unresponsive as a result of exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary mitigation has been documented at this time.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- intel
- Date Reserved
- 2025-12-03T17:58:55.227Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a7b5468bf8831d539106951
Added to database: 08/11/2026, 16:57:12 UTC
Last enriched: 08/12/2026, 00:26:21 UTC
Last updated: 08/12/2026, 00:26:21 UTC
Views: 3
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