CVE-2025-20616 Denial of service in Edge Orchestrator software for Intel(R) Tiber™ Edge Platform

Low 2.1 Published Updated

An authenticated user can cause resource exhaustion in Intel Tiber Edge Platform, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-20616?

CVE-2025-20616 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Edge Orchestrator software for Intel(R) Tiber™ Edge Platform, published on 13 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Uncontrolled resource consumption for some Edge Orchestrator software for Intel(R) Tiber™ Edge Platform may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20616?

How do I fix CVE-2025-20616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-20616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hjg3-gh8v-mvc5.

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