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CVE-2021-33078: Race condition within a thread in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD and Intel(R) SSD DC Products may allow a privileged user to…

MediumCVSS 4.7 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 18/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Race condition within a thread in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD and Intel(R) SSD DC Products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Published
May 12, 2022
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 4th percentile

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Action score

18

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
18 / 40 · 4.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
inteloptane ssd dc p4800x firmware
inteloptane ssd dc p4800x
inteloptane ssd dc p4801x firmware
inteloptane ssd dc p4801x
inteloptane ssd p5800x firmware
inteloptane ssd p5800x
inteloptane memory h20 with solid state storage firmware
inteloptane memory h20 with solid state storage
inteloptane memory h10 with solid state storage firmware
inteloptane memory h10 with solid state storage
inteloptane ssd 905p firmware
inteloptane ssd 905p

and 2 more

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) Optane(TM) SSD and Intel(R) SSD DC Products

    • See referencesaffected
Affected versions · NVD (7)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • intel optane memory h10 with solid state storage firmwarebefore tgf061k
  • intel optane memory h20 with solid state storage firmwarebefore pgf028k
  • intel optane ssd 900p firmwarebefore fw600
  • intel optane ssd 905p firmwarebefore fw600
  • intel optane ssd dc p4800x firmwarebefore e2010600
  • intel optane ssd dc p4801x firmwarebefore e2010600
  • intel optane ssd p5800x firmwarebefore l0310200

Same product

intel: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-33080Exposure of sensitive system information due to uncleared debug information in firmware for some Intel(R) SSD DC, Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD…
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2021-33077Insufficient control flow management in firmware for some Intel(R) SSD, Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD and Intel(R) SSD DC Products may allow an…
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2021-33069Improper resource shutdown or release in firmware for some Intel(R) SSD, Intel(R) SSD DC, Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD and Intel(R) Optane(TM)…
    22Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-33074May 12, 2022 · Protection mechanism failure in firmware for some Intel(R) SSD, Intel(R) SSD DC and Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD Products may allow an…
    18Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-33075May 12, 2022 · Race condition in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD, Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD DC and Intel(R) SSD DC Products may allow a privileged…
    18Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-33082May 12, 2022 · Sensitive information in resource not removed before reuse in firmware for some Intel(R) SSD and Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD Products may allow…
    18Monitor

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.

Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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