CVE-2026-20749CWE-125

CVE-2026-20749

High · published August 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Out-of-bounds read for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow an escalation of privilege. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via adjacent access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (low) impacts.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00176 · 6.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-08-11T21:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
intel/proset\/wireless_wifi< 24.10.024.10.0
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 16:25Z
    Out-of-bounds read for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow an escalation of privilege
    cvelistv5