8.5
/ 10
HIGH
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
Description
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 impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-20738
Source
intel
Published
May 12, 2026 at 16:34
Modified
May 12, 2026 at 17:07
Affected Product
Vendor
n/a
Product
Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software
Version
before version 1.13
Affected Versions
n/a Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software before version 1.13