Vulnerability · CVE-2025-26697
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Linux kernel-mode driver for some Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable
Published Aug 12, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 13, 2025 · Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-26697. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium4.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.14%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor n/a Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Linux kernel-mode driver for some Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor n/a Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5before version 2.28.5
How to fix CVE-2025-26697
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-26697. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with n/a Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5 before version 2.28.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.14%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 12, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Linux kernel-mode driver for some Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service.
Aug 13, 2025 · EUVD
Fix available
n/a Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5 fixed in version 2.28.5
Aug 13, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Linux kernel-mode driver for some Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-26697
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-26697
30-day exploitation probability 0.14%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24391
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Linux kernel-mode driver for some Intel(R) 700 Series Ethernet before version 2.28.5 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.