CVE-2025-10263
CRITICAL 9.1Arm C1-Ultra, C1-Premium, Neoverse V3 & V3AE, Neoverse V2, Neoverse V1, Neoverse-N2, Neoverse-N1, Cortex-X925, Cortex-X4, Cortex-X3, Cortex-X2, Cortex-X1 & X1C, Cortex-A710, Cortex-A78, A78AE & A78C, Cortex-A77, Cortex-A76 & A76A may allow writes to resources owned by a higher exception level.
ELEVATED IMPACT
Severe if exploited (CVSS 9.1), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.5%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 37th percentile
○ In CISA KEV
○ Public exploit / PoC
Impact if exploited
9.1CVSS 3.1 · CRITICAL
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Affected
Products C1 Ultra C1 Premium Neoverse V3 Neoverse V3ae Neoverse V1 Neoverse N2 Neoverse N1 Cortex X925
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362: Race condition
- CWE-266
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
Technical & other
- https://developer.arm.com/documentation/112137
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-493.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/13
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-10263
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486958
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-10263.json