CVE-2025-30185 Privilege escalation in Intel UEFI reference platforms
Active debug code in Intel UEFI firmware allows local attackers to escalate privileges and cause denial of service.
- 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-2025-30185?
CVE-2025-30185 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel UEFI reference platforms, 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
Active debug code for some Intel UEFI reference platforms within Ring 0: Kernel may allow a denial of service and escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data alteration. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (high) and availability (high) impacts.
Weakness: CWE-489
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30185?
How do I fix CVE-2025-30185?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-30185 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30185 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xgfp-69mf-fpjr.