High severity · published Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-20716
Improper access control for some Intel(R) Processors within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege
7.0
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper access control for some Intel(R) Processors within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Simple hardware adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present with 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 (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 0% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IP
Intel(R) Processors ·
See references · source: vendor
X6
Xeon 6315p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 6325p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 6333p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 6337p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 634 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 6349p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 6353p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 6357p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 636 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 6369p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
X6
Xeon 6377p Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
Affected product
IP
Intel(R) Processors
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