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LLM-on-Ray CVE-2026-28707

| EUVDEUVD-2026-56524 MEDIUM
Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693)
2026-08-11 intel GHSA-67gm-5g25-7xc8
5.4
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: intel
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Gain local system access
  2. Delivery
    Identify privileged user active with LLM-on-Ray
  3. Exploit
    Wait for passive user interaction (AT:P conditions met)
  4. Execution
    Trigger protection mechanism failure in Ring 3
  5. Persist
    Escalate privileges on vulnerable system
  6. Impact
    Access confidential data or compromise integrity/availability

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Protection mechanism completeness
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires all of the following concurrently: (1) local access to the system running LLM-on-Ray before version 1.0; (2) a privileged user (PR:H) must be present and passively interacting with the system - passive user interaction (UI:P in CVSS 4.0) means a legitimate privileged user performing normal operations, not an explicitly triggered action; (3) specific attack requirements (AT:P) must be met, meaning non-default conditions or a particular runtime state of LLM-on-Ray must be present - the exact condition is not detailed in the available description, but the AT:P designation confirms that default deployments without the triggering condition are not automatically exploitable. Exploitation is not possible remotely, and requires a pre-existing foothold or co-location on the target system. The AT:P condition and PR:H requirement together meaningfully constrain real-world exploitation beyond what the high C/I/A scores alone suggest.

Impact

The provided CVSS 4.0 score of 5.4 reflects the meaningful constraints on exploitation: AV:L (local access only), PR:H (high privileges required), UI:P (passive user interaction needed), and AT:P (specific attack requirements must be present). Despite the High impacts on VC/VI/VA, these prerequisites substantially reduce real-world exploitability. EPSS data was not provided, and the vulnerability is absent from the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting no confirmed or widespread active exploitation. The combination of local-only access, high privilege requirement, passive user interaction, and specific attack conditions (AT:P) means this is not a remotely exploitable opportunistic threat. It is most relevant to environments where LLM-on-Ray is deployed with multiple users or shared privileged accounts. The high C/I/A impact on the vulnerable system is concerning if prerequisites are met, but defenders with properly segmented access controls and principle-of-least-privilege are at substantially lower risk. No CVSS 3.1 vector was provided in the source data - the 4.0 vector is the authoritative scoring.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A local attacker - or malicious process running in Ring 3 user space - operating on a system where a privileged user is actively or passively using LLM-on-Ray could exploit the protection mechanism failure to manipulate the privileged user's execution context, escalating their own access. Because AT:P applies, specific attack conditions (such as a particular runtime state or configuration of LLM-on-Ray) must be present alongside the privileged user interaction. No public proof-of-concept exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 11, 2026

Privilege escalation in Intel's LLM-on-Ray framework before version 1.0 stems from a protection mechanism failure (CWE-693) within Ring 3 user-space components, allowing an attacker with high-privileged user access to escalate privileges on the local system. The attack requires local access, passive user interaction from a privileged user, and specific attack requirements (AT:P), but results in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the vulnerable system with no subsequent system scope change. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is to upgrade LLM-on-Ray to version 1.0 or later, as versions prior to 1.0 are confirmed affected per the Intel advisory INTEL-SA-01493 (https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01493.html). An exact patch release version beyond the 'version 1.0' threshold is not independently confirmed from the provided data - consult the advisory directly for the precise patched build. As compensating controls prior to patching, restrict local system access to LLM-on-Ray deployments to only those users who strictly require it, enforce principle-of-least-privilege so that privileged user accounts interacting with LLM-on-Ray components are tightly scoped, and audit shared or service accounts with elevated rights. Disabling LLM-on-Ray services when not in active use reduces the window during which passive user interaction can be leveraged. Note that these controls reduce exposure but do not eliminate the protection mechanism failure in the software itself.

Affected VersionsENISA

LLM-on-Ray before version 1.0

Affected Packages

euvd llm_on_ray_before_version no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

LLM-on-Ray is Intel's open-source framework for training and serving large language models atop the Ray distributed computing runtime. The vulnerability resides in Ring 3 (user-space application layer) of the CPU privilege ring model - the least-privileged execution ring where normal user applications run. CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) indicates that a security control designed to enforce isolation or access separation has been bypassed or is absent, enabling a lower-trust process to leverage a higher-privileged user context in ways the design should have prevented. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:n/a:llm-on-ray:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering all pre-1.0 builds, as reported by Intel via advisory INTEL-SA-01493.

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Severity by source

Vendor (intel) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Local-only vector (AV:L), high privilege prerequisite (PR:H), and passive user interaction (UI:R) confirmed by CVSS 4.0 source vector; scope unchanged as subsequent system impacts are all None.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (intel).

CVSS VectorVendor: intel

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Protection mechanism failure for some LLM-on-Ray before version 1.0 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are 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.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 98% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche Intel ML framework, specialized AI/HPC deployments only
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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