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Intel® oneAPI Toolkit Software Advisory
| Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-01285 |
|---|---|
| Advisory Category: | Software |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Escalation of Privilege |
| Severity rating: | MEDIUM |
| Original release: | 08/12/2025 |
| Last revised: | 08/12/2025 |
Summary:
Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® oneAPI Toolkit software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2025-20087
Description: Incorrect default permissions for some Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler software installers may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 6.7 Medium
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 5.4 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVEID: CVE-2025-20017
Description: Uncontrolled search path for some Intel® oneAPI Toolkit and component software installers may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 6.7 Medium
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 5.4 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVEID: CVE-2025-20627
Description: Uncontrolled search path for some Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler software before version 2025.0.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 6.7 Medium
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 5.4 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products:
Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit before version 2025.1.0.
FPGA Support Package for the Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler before version 2024.2.1
Intel® oneAPI Data Analytics Library before version 2025.4.0
Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler before version 2025.1.0.
Intel® DPC++ Compatibility Tool before version 2025.1.0.
Intel® Distribution for GDB before version 2025.1.0.
Intel® Fortran Compiler before version 2025.1.0.
Intel® HPC Toolkit before version 2025.1.0.
Intel® Inspector before version 2024.2.0
Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives before version 2022.1.0
Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives Cryptography before version 2022.2
Intel® Trace Analyzer and Collector before version 2021.10
Intel® MPI Library before version 2021.15
Intel® Graphics Offline Compiler for OpenCL Code before version 2025.1.0.
Intel® Advisor before version 2025.1.0.
Intel® VTune™ Profiler before version 2025.1.0.
Intel® oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library before version 2024.2.1
Intel® oneAPI DPC++ Library before version 2022.6.1
Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library before version 2024.2.1
Intel® oneAPI Threading Building Blocks before version 2021.13.1
Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for open source before version 6.0.0.
Recommendation:
Intel recommends updating Intel® oneAPI Toolkits to the latest versions.
Updates are available for download at this location:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/toolkits.html
Intel recommends updating Intel® oneAPI standalone component software to the latest versions.
Updates are available for download at this location:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/tool/oneapi-standalone-components.html
Intel recommends updating Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler software for open source to version 6.0.0 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
https://github.com/intel/llvm/releases/tag/v6.0.1
Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank ycdxsb, @sim0nsecurity (CVE-2025-20017), @sim0nsecurity (CVE-2025-20087) for reporting these issues.
The following issue (CVE-2025-20627) was found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank William Huhn.
Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.
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