CVE-2020-8761
Inadequate encryption strength in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 13.0.40 and 13.30...
Inadequate encryption strength in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 13.0.40 and 13.30.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.6
Inadequate encryption strength in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 13.0.40 and 13.30.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.
- Record
CVE-2020-8761- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-326
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Inadequate encryption strength in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 13.0.40 and 13.30.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.
- Record
CVE-2020-8761- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29609 No score
Inadequate encryption strength in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 13.0.40 and 13.30.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29609- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p723-w3qm-qpvw No score
Inadequate encryption strength in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 13.0.40 and 13.30...
Inadequate encryption strength in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 13.0.40 and 13.30.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.
- Record
GHSA-p723-w3qm-qpvw- Weakness
- CWE-326
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8761 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Intel Converged Security And Manageability Engine, published November 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.