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CVE-2026-20890

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.12%

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

CyberRota Analysis

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The vulnerability affects the Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows, allowing unprivileged software to escalate privileges under certain conditions. This could lead to significant impacts on system availability, with potential risks to confidentiality and integrity being lower. Organizations using this software should prioritize patching, especially those with sensitive data or critical operations relying on affected systems.

CVE
CVE-2026-20890
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0.12%
Windows

Original NVD Description

Improper privilege management for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 2: Privileged Process may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a high 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 (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) impacts.