Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of
Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
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- Feb 16, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 10th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.2
- CNA · intel
- 3.2
- 5.0 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| intel | xeon gold 6328h | cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_gold_6328h |
| intel | xeon gold 6342 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6342_firmware |
| intel | xeon gold 6342 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_gold_6342 |
| intel | xeon gold 6346 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6346_firmware |
| intel | xeon gold 6346 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_gold_6346 |
| intel | xeon gold 6330 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6330_firmware |
| intel | xeon gold 6330 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_gold_6330 |
| intel | xeon platinum 8360y firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8360y_firmware |
| intel | xeon platinum 8360y | cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_platinum_8360y |
| intel | xeon gold 6354 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6354_firmware |
| intel | xeon gold 6354 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_gold_6354 |
| intel | xeon gold 6314u firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_gold_6314u_firmware |
and 94 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- intel xeon gold 5315y firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 5317 firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 5318h firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 5318n firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 5318s firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 5318y firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 5320 firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 5320h firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 5320t firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6312u firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6314u firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6326 firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6328h firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6328hl firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6330 firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6330h firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6330n firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6334 firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6336y firmwareall versions
- intel xeon gold 6338 firmwareall versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (intel). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a Intel(R) Processors
- See referencesaffected
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.