Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2026 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2026-20738

High 8.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Untrusted pointer dereference for some Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software	before version 1.13

Weakness: CWE-822 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01387.html