CVE-2020-8717
Improper input validation in a subsystem for some Intel Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute...
Improper input validation in a subsystem for some Intel Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 1.59 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper input validation in a subsystem for some Intel Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 1.59 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
CVE-2020-8717- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper input validation in a subsystem for some Intel Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 1.59 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
CVE-2020-8717- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29565 No score
Improper input validation in a subsystem for some Intel Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 1.59 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29565- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9749-vwhp-v7c3 No score
Improper input validation in a subsystem for some Intel Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute...
Improper input validation in a subsystem for some Intel Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 1.59 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Record
GHSA-9749-vwhp-v7c3- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- intel compute module hns2600bp firmware
- intel compute module hns2600kp firmware
- intel compute module hns2600tp firmware
- intel compute module s2600tp firmware
- intel server board s1200sp firmware
- intel server board s2600bp firmware
- intel server board s2600cw
- intel server board s2600kp firmware
- intel server board s2600st firmware
- intel server board s2600wf firmware
- intel server board s2600wt firmware
- intel server system lr1304sp firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8717 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Intel Compute Module Hns2600bp Firmware, published August 13, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.