CVE-2025-20614 Path traversal in Intel(R) CIP software

Medium 5.6 Published 11 Nov 2025 Updated 26 Feb 2026

An attacker with local access can exploit path traversal in Intel CIP software to escalate privileges and read sensitive data.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-20614?

CVE-2025-20614 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Intel(R) CIP software, published on 11 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

External control of file name or path for some Intel(R) CIP software before version WIN_DCA_2.4.0.11001 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with a privileged 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 (low) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Weakness: CWE-73

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20614?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Computing Improvement Program.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20614?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20614 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2025-20614 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20614 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-934w-hhqf-7w7w.