Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2026 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2026-20751

High 8.3

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi 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 2% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Out-of-bounds read for the Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software before version 2.0.2 within Ring 1: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data exposure. 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 (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (none) and availability (high) impacts.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software	before version 2.0.2

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:H

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01402.html