# Improper input validation in Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel(R) AMT) and some Intel(R) Standard…

CVE record · `CVE-2026-20715`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-20715`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.2 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** intel
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-20](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-20](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-20.md)
- **Technologies:** [Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel(R) AMT) and some Intel(R) Standard Manageability may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via network access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/intel-r-active-management-technology-intel-r-amt-and-some-intel-r-standard-manag.md)
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: intel) at 11 Aug 2026, 16:25 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Not given. Product: Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel(R) AMT) and some Intel(R) Standard Manageability may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via network access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts..
  - affected: `See references`
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.2 High, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (intel)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0043, the 37th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-20715](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20715)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-20715](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20715)

### References from the CNA

- <https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01427.html>

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