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CVE-2026-20789

HIGH · CVSS 8.4 EPSS 0.13% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-11 · Last synced 2026-08-16

CyberRota Analysis

AI-Generated

The Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows is vulnerable due to improper access control in its device drivers, allowing unprivileged adversaries to escalate privileges and execute local code without user interaction. This vulnerability poses a high risk to system availability and could compromise system confidentiality and integrity under specific conditions. Organizations using affected Windows systems should prioritize patching this vulnerability to mitigate potential exploitation risks.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution

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CVE
CVE-2026-20789
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.4
EPSS
0.13%
Windows

Original NVD Description

Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable local code execution. 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 (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (low) and availability (low) impacts.