Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2026-32791

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Intel(R) Performance Counter Monitor (Intel(R) PCM). 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 2% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Untrusted search path for some Intel(R) Performance Counter Monitor (Intel(R) PCM) before version tag 202604 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software 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 not present without special internal knowledge and requires passive 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) Performance Counter Monitor (Intel(R) PCM)	before version tag 202604

Weakness: CWE-426 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/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-01488.html