CVE-2020-8758: Intel Active Management Technology Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper buffer restrictions in network subsystem in provisioned Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) ISM versions before 11.8.79, 11.12.79, 11.22.79, 12.0.68 and 14.0.39 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access. On un-provisioned systems, an authenticated user may potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Active Management Technology Firmware: from 11.8, before 11.8.79 (fixed in 11.8.79); from 11.12, before 11.12.79 (fixed in 11.12.79); from 11.22, before 11.22.79 (fixed in 11.22.79); from 12.0, before 12.0.68 (fixed in 12.0.68); from 14.0, before 14.0.39 (fixed in 14.0.39)
• Intel Standard Manageability: from 11.8, before 11.8.79 (fixed in 11.8.79); from 11.12, before 11.12.79 (fixed in 11.12.79); from 11.22, before 11.22.79 (fixed in 11.22.79); from 12.0, before 12.0.68 (fixed in 12.0.68); from 14.0, before 14.0.39 (fixed in 14.0.39)
• Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-09-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.