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Intel PROSet/Wireless CVE-2026-20778

| EUVDEUVD-2026-56496 HIGH
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-08-11 intel GHSA-qjfv-9jh8-hhgm
7.0
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: intel
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Vendor (intel) PRIMARY
7.0 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/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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6.1 MEDIUM

Adjacent vector and high complexity per description; kernel Ring-0 crash changes scope beyond the driver component to the full OS.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (intel).

CVSS VectorVendor: intel

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

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2
Analysis Generated
Aug 11, 2026 - 17:35 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 11, 2026 - 16:26 cve.org
HIGH 7.0

DescriptionCVE.org

Out-of-bounds read for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 0: Kernel may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via adjacent 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 (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) impacts.

AnalysisAI

Out-of-bounds read in the kernel-mode (Ring 0) component of Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows enables a denial-of-service condition against affected Windows hosts. An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access and the ability to satisfy specific attack requirements can trigger a kernel-level crash, resulting in high availability impact to both the vulnerable system and any subsequent system processes. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the attacker to be within WiFi radio range or logically adjacent on the same Layer-2 wireless broadcast domain as the target - remote internet-based exploitation is not possible given AV:A. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H) scores 7.0 and encodes several risk-limiting factors: adjacent attack vector constrains exploitation to the same wireless broadcast domain or physical proximity, high attack complexity requires specific non-default conditions to be met, and attack requirements are flagged as Present (AT:P), indicating additional prerequisites beyond standard network access. … 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 updated Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software package detailed in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-01468 at https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01468.html. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, inventory all Windows systems running Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi drivers and restrict adjacent network access through network segmentation and trusted-network-only policies. …

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