CVE-2026-20738
HighSummary
CVE-2026-20738 is a vulnerability related to untrusted pointer dereference in Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software before version 1.13, which may lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with low complexity requirements can exploit this flaw to gain higher privileges without user interaction.
Risk Assessment
The risk to the organization involves the potential for privilege escalation by an unauthorized user, which could lead to serious breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter software to version 1.13 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
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Original NVD description (English source)
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.