CVE-2026-20760 PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel
Reserved: 09.12.2025 Published: 11.08.2026 Updated: 11.08.2026

Improper handling of overlap between protected memory ranges in some microcode for some Intel(R) Processors within Ring 0: Hypervisor may allow an escalation of privilege. Authorized adversary with a privileged 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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.8

Product Status

Vendor n/a
Product Intel(R) Processors
Versions Default: unaffected
  • Version See references is affected

References

Problem Types

  • Escalation of Privilege
  • Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges CWE