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Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi CVE-2026-20747

| EUVDEUVD-2026-56485 HIGH
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions (CWE-754)
2026-08-11 intel GHSA-pxw3-h56c-5w93
7.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: intel
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Vendor (intel) PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/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
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6.5 MEDIUM

Adjacent vector (WiFi range only), no privileges or user interaction needed, and impact is solely high availability loss with unchanged scope.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (intel).

CVSS VectorVendor: intel

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 11, 2026 - 17:37 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 11, 2026 - 16:25 cve.org
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper conditions check for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via adjacent access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

AnalysisAI

Denial of service in Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software device drivers (Ring 2) allows an unauthenticated adjacent-network attacker to crash or disable the wireless subsystem on affected systems. The flaw stems from an improper conditions check (CWE-754) within the WiFi driver stack, meaning edge-case or malformed network input is not handled safely, leading to complete availability loss of the vulnerable system. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Attacker must have adjacent network access - specifically, be within WiFi radio range or on the same network segment as the target device running Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 score of 7.1 is driven by AV:A (adjacent network), AC:L (low complexity), PR:N (no privileges), UI:N (no user interaction), and VA:H (high availability impact). … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Consult Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-01422 at https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01422.html to obtain the patched version of Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for the affected hardware. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours: identify and catalog all systems running affected Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software versions and establish wireless traffic monitoring for anomalous adjacent-network activity. …

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