CVE-2026-20890CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-20890

High · published August 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Improper privilege management for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 2: Privileged Process may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a high 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 (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) impacts.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00120 · 1.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-08-11T21:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
intel/proset\/wireless_wifi< 24.30.024.30.0
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 16:26Z
    Improper privilege management for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 2: Privileged Process may allow an escalation of…
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