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Intel UEFI Firmware CVE-2026-20712

| EUVDEUVD-2026-56824 MEDIUM
Incomplete Cleanup (CWE-459)
2026-08-11 secure@intel.com GHSA-rxp8-2rxw-2rgw
4.0
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: intel
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Vendor (intel) PRIMARY
4.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
vuln.today AI
6.0 MEDIUM

Local access and high privileges required by description; scope change to subsequent system with high confidentiality impact reflects UEFI residual-data leakage pattern; no integrity or availability impact applies.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (intel).

CVSS VectorVendor: intel

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

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DescriptionCVE.org

Incomplete cleanup in some UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) reference platforms within UEFI may allow an information disclosure. 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 present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

AnalysisAI

Incomplete cleanup (CWE-459) in UEFI firmware for select Intel reference platforms allows a high-privileged local system software adversary to read sensitive residual data that was not properly purged from firmware memory or registers, resulting in high confidentiality impact on the subsequent system layer. The vulnerability requires specific attack conditions (AT:P) and is scoped to Intel reference platforms identified in advisory INTEL-SA-01437. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires all of the following simultaneously: (1) local access to a physical or virtualized instance of a specifically affected Intel reference platform - not all Intel platforms are affected; (2) a system software adversary operating at high privilege (PR:H), meaning the attacker must already control ring-0, SMM-capable, or equivalent privileged-software execution on the target; (3) specific attack requirements (AT:P) that are not fully enumerated in available data but are confirmed necessary by the CVSS 4.0 vector - these likely represent particular firmware configurations, boot states, or platform variants identified in INTEL-SA-01437. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 score of 4.0 accurately reflects the tightly constrained attack surface: local access vector (AV:L), high privilege requirement (PR:H), and specific attack prerequisites (AT:P) collectively limit the realistic attacker population to insiders, rogue administrators, or adversaries who have already achieved kernel-level or SMM-capable code execution on the target host. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation The primary remediation is to apply the firmware update issued by Intel, detailed in security advisory INTEL-SA-01437 at https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01437.html. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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