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CVE-2026-20738

Untrusted pointer dereference for some Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may i

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Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"description":"Escalation of Privilege","lang":"en"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"cweId":"CWE-822","description":"Untrusted Pointer Dereference","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"before version 1.13"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

2 source assertions

{"description":"Escalation of Privilege","lang":"en"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"cweId":"CWE-822","description":"Untrusted Pointer Dereference","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

1 source assertion

{"name":"https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01387.html","url":"https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01387.html"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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