Intel Active Management Technology initialization

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Intel Active Management Technology and Standard Manageability. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to initialization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-20734. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Intel Active Management Technology and Standard Manageability (the affected version unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a initialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-665. The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Improper initialization in some firmware for some Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel(R) AMT), and some Intel(R) Standard Manageability may allow an information disclosure. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data exposure. 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 (none) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

The advisory is shared for download at intel.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-20734 since 12/03/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/11/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Intel

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• Active Management Technology
• Standard Manageability

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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