CVE-2025-33000 Privilege escalation in Intel QuickAssist Technology
An authenticated local attacker can escalate privileges via improper input validation in Intel QuickAssist Technology, impacting system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- 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-2025-33000?
CVE-2025-33000 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel QuickAssist Technology, 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33000?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Quickassist Technology.
How do I fix CVE-2025-33000?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-33000 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-33000 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33000 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel QuickAssist Technology
- CVE-2026-20714 Memory corruption in Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows
- CVE-2026-20767 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows
- CVE-2022-21804 Memory corruption in Intel QAT Driver for Windows
- CVE-2022-41699 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows
- CVE-2023-28741 Memory corruption in Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 1.0
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3gpv-j6x6-qq3j.