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.
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Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000
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Tue, 12 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000
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| Title | Privilege Escalation via Pointer Dereference in Intel QuickAssist Adapter 8960 Software |
Tue, 12 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-822 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: intel
Published: 2026-05-12T16:34:28.780Z
Updated: 2026-05-13T03:57:59.702Z
Reserved: 2025-12-04T04:00:32.857Z
Link: CVE-2026-20738
Updated: 2026-05-12T17:07:49.522Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-12T17:16:16.883
Modified: 2026-05-13T15:52:56.850
Link: CVE-2026-20738
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