Intel QuickAssist Technology up to 2.5.x improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel QuickAssist Technology up to 2.5.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-33000. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel QuickAssist Technology up to 2.5.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper input validation for some Intel QuickAssist Technology before version 2.6.0 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no 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.

The advisory is shared at intel.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-33000 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/15/2025).

Upgrading to version 2.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2844). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • HPE ProLiant
  • HPE Synergy

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickAssist Technology 2.6.0

Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
11/11/2025 +210 days Advisory disclosed
11/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/15/2025 +34 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-01373
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-33000 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-33000
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-332045
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2844 - HPE ProLiant: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2025 20:07
Updated: 12/15/2025 14:31
Changes: 11/11/2025 20:07 (76), 12/15/2025 14:31 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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