CVE-2026-20780
MediumCVSS 6.9Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs
Summary
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. The attack requires local access, low complexity, and no user interaction. The vulnerability impacts system availability (high), but not confidentiality or integrity.
Risk Assessment
The organization may experience service disruptions due to denial of service, potentially affecting the availability of critical systems. The attack can be performed by an unauthenticated user, increasing the risk.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software to the latest version with security fixes. Also, restrict local access to systems and monitor for unusual activity.
Original NVD description (English source)
Uncontrolled resource consumption for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. 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 (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (low) impacts.