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Intel Neural Compressor EUVDEUVD-2026-56511

| CVE-2026-20906 MEDIUM
Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693)
2026-08-11 intel GHSA-2q6q-784h-7g8w
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
    Leverage or compromise highly privileged user session
  3. Exploit
    Satisfy specific Ring 3 attack prerequisites
  4. Execution
    Trigger protection mechanism failure in Neural Compressor
  5. Persist
    Escalate to elevated privilege
  6. Impact
    Achieve high CIA impact on vulnerable system

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 concrete conditions to be met simultaneously: (1) local access to the target system - remote exploitation is not possible per the AV:L metric; (2) the attacker must operate under or have access to a high-privilege user account (PR:H), meaning standard unprivileged accounts alone cannot initiate the exploit; (3) specific attack requirements (AT:P) must be present, indicating that particular runtime conditions within the Neural Compressor execution environment - not simply running the software - must be in place; and (4) passive user interaction (UI:P) from a privileged user is required, meaning a legitimate privileged user must perform some action (such as running a Neural Compressor job) concurrently with the attack. Exploitation is limited by the rarity of multi-privileged-user environments running Neural Compressor, the non-default nature of the specific attack prerequisites, and the absence of any known public exploit.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.4 reflects a constrained threat profile: local attack vector (AV:L), specific attack requirements present (AT:P), high privileges required (PR:H), and passive user interaction (UI:P). Despite the high CIA impact metrics on the vulnerable component, these prerequisites significantly narrow the realistic attacker population. EPSS data is not provided, and the absence of a KEV listing and public POC further reduces urgency. The combination of PR:H and AT:P means exploitation is not straightforwardly reproducible - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in malbork should treat this as a planned patching task rather than an emergency response, given the requirement for an already-privileged local actor. The CVSS 4.0 subsequent-system metrics (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) confirm the blast radius is contained within the vulnerable application's own security scope, with no lateral movement or broader infrastructure compromise implied by the vulnerability's mechanics alone.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A local attacker who already holds or has co-opted a highly privileged user account on the target host could invoke Intel Neural Compressor in a crafted manner that triggers the protection mechanism failure under specific attack conditions, causing the software to execute code at an elevated privilege level. Passive user interaction from another privileged user is required to complete the exploit chain, suggesting a scenario such as a malicious process waiting for a legitimate privileged user to invoke a Neural Compressor operation. No public proof-of-concept code exists at time of analysis, so exploitation remains theoretical.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 11, 2026

Privilege escalation in Intel Neural Compressor software before v3.6 stems from a protection mechanism failure (CWE-693) within the Ring 3 user-application layer. A local attacker operating with high privileges, in conjunction with specific attack requirements and passive user interaction, can exploit this flaw to elevate privileges with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the vulnerable system. Intel has issued advisory INTEL-SA-01454 and released v3.6 as the remediated version; no public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to upgrade Intel Neural Compressor software to version v3.6 or later, as confirmed by Intel advisory INTEL-SA-01454 (https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01454.html). Until patching is feasible, organizations should restrict local system access to the fewest necessary users, applying the principle of least privilege to limit which accounts can execute Neural Compressor workloads. Disabling or isolating Neural Compressor from multi-user or shared-compute environments reduces the exposure window, as the PR:H requirement means the risk is concentrated in environments where multiple highly privileged users share a single host. No specific workaround is documented in the available references beyond upgrading.

Affected VersionsENISA

Intel(R) Neural Compressor software before version v3.6

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Intel Neural Compressor is a machine learning model optimization library (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:n/a:intel(r)_neural_compressor_software) used for neural network quantization, pruning, and compression. The vulnerability resides in Ring 3, the least-privileged execution ring in the x86 privilege architecture where ordinary user-mode applications run. CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) indicates the software either fails to apply or incorrectly implements a protection control - such as access control checks, sandboxing, or privilege boundaries - that should prevent unprivileged code paths from reaching privileged operations. The CVSS 4.0 vector's AT:P metric confirms that specific attack requirements (beyond mere access) must be satisfied, consistent with a protection bypass that depends on particular runtime conditions or configurations within the software's execution environment.

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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 vector with high privileges and required user interaction; no scope change as subsequent-system impacts are confirmed none by the 4.0 vector.

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 Intel(R) Neural Compressor software before version v3.6 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
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche ML optimization library, limited production deployment footprint
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 0.2%
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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