Port 16992Intel AMT SOAP/HTTP

Intel Active Management Technology SOAP management traffic over HTTP, typically used for out-of-band control of vPro systems.

inRemote Access System

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 8/10
lookups: 0

also known as Intel Active Management Technology

Technical Details

what runs on :16992

AMT exposes SOAP-based management services over HTTP on port 16992. Clients exchange XML SOAP requests and responses using normal HTTP semantics; deployments commonly use AMT's WS-Management interfaces and require management authentication. The IANA assignment covers TCP and UDP, although SOAP/HTTP operation is ordinarily carried over TCP. Related AMT ports include 16993 for HTTPS, 16994 for non-TLS redirection, and 16995 for TLS-protected redirection.

Security Information

exposure of :16992

risk score

8/ 10risk

treat as sensitive. widely scanned and regularly exploited when reachable — restrict it to known sources.

remote access averages 3.9 across 122 ports — this one sits 4.1 above.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

This is a remote-management interface and should not be exposed directly to the public internet. HTTP traffic is not encrypted by default, and exposing AMT can allow authenticated administrative actions or expose management information; restrict it to dedicated management networks, use the HTTPS service where supported, and keep AMT firmware current.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :16992
service: Intel AMT SOAP/HTTP
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 8/10risk
category: Remote Access System
usage: This port serves Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) web-management operations on Intel vPro and other AMT-enabled systems. Administrators and provisioning tools use it for out-of-band system management, even when the host operating system is unavailable.
lookups: 0rank 994
added: 2026-08-23
updated: 2026-08-23
references: IANA service name registry — port 16992

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risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :16992Intel AMT SOAP/HTTP

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 16992Intel AMT SOAP/HTTP