CVE-2026-20898CWE-284broken-access-control

CVE-2026-20898

High · published August 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Improper access control in the firmware for some in Alias Checking Trusted Module for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors may allow an escalation of privilege. Startup code and SMM adversary with a privileged 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 (high), integrity (high) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (none) impacts.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00122 · 1.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
Published
2026-08-11T21:17Z
Affected products (175)
ProductVersionsFixed in
intel/xeon_6315p_firmwareall versions—
intel/xeon_6325p_firmwareall versions—
intel/xeon_6333p_firmwareall versions—
intel/xeon_6337p_firmwareall versions—
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intel/xeon_6511p_firmwareall versions—
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intel/xeon_6527p_firmwareall versions—
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intel/xeon_6556p-b_firmwareall versions—
intel/xeon_6563p-b_firmwareall versions—
intel/xeon_6706p-b_firmwareall versions—
intel/xeon_6710e_firmwareall versions—
intel/xeon_6714p_firmwareall versions—
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intel/xeon_6724p_firmwareall versions—
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intel/xeon_6728p_firmwareall versions—
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intel/xeon_silver_4416_firmwareall versions—
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intel/xeon_platinum_8470_firmwareall versions—
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References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 16:27Z
    Improper access control in the firmware for some in Alias Checking Trusted Module for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors may allow an escalation of privilege
    cvelistv5