CVE-2026-20716

Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 7.2

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.

Published 2026-08-11 · CVE record · OSV

Products: intel xeon_634_firmware, intel xeon_636_firmware, intel xeon_638_firmware, intel xeon_654_firmware, intel xeon_656_firmware, intel xeon_658x_firmware, intel xeon_674x_firmware, intel xeon_676x_firmware, intel xeon_678x_firmware, intel xeon_696x_firmware, intel xeon_698x_firmware, intel xeon_6315p_firmware, intel xeon_6325p_firmware, intel xeon_6333p_firmware, intel xeon_6337p_firmware, intel xeon_6349p_firmware, intel xeon_6353p_firmware, intel xeon_6357p_firmware, intel xeon_6369p_firmware, intel xeon_6377p_firmware, intel xeon_6503p_firmware, intel xeon_6503p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6505p_firmware, intel xeon_6507p_firmware, intel xeon_6511p_firmware, intel xeon_6513p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6515p_firmware, intel xeon_6516p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6517p_firmware, intel xeon_6518p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6520p_firmware, intel xeon_6521p_firmware, intel xeon_6523p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6527p_firmware, intel xeon_6530p_firmware, intel xeon_6532p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6533p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6543p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6544p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6546p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6548p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6553p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6556p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6563p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6706p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6710e_firmware, intel xeon_6714p_firmware, intel xeon_6716p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6718p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6724p_firmware, intel xeon_6725p_firmware, intel xeon_6726p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6728p_firmware, intel xeon_6730p_firmware, intel xeon_6731e_firmware, intel xeon_6731p_firmware, intel xeon_6732p_firmware, intel xeon_6736p_firmware, intel xeon_6737p_firmware, intel xeon_6738p_firmware, intel xeon_6740e_firmware, intel xeon_6740p_firmware, intel xeon_6741p_firmware, intel xeon_6745p_firmware, intel xeon_6746e_firmware, intel xeon_6747p_firmware, intel xeon_6748p_firmware, intel xeon_6756e_firmware, intel xeon_6756p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6760p_firmware, intel xeon_6761p_firmware, intel xeon_6766e_firmware, intel xeon_6766p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6767p_firmware, intel xeon_6768p_firmware, intel xeon_6768p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6774p_firmware, intel xeon_6776p_firmware, intel xeon_6776p-b_firmware, intel xeon_6780e_firmware, intel xeon_6781p_firmware, intel xeon_6787p_firmware, intel xeon_6788p_firmware, intel xeon_6944p_firmware, intel xeon_6952p_firmware, intel xeon_6960p_firmware, intel xeon_6962p_firmware, intel xeon_6972p_firmware, intel xeon_6978p_firmware, intel xeon_6979p_firmware

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