# CVE-2022-38787: Privilege escalation in Intel(R) FPGA products

> An authenticated local attacker can escalate privileges in Intel FPGA firmware due to improper input validation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7qcj-673q-xf98

## What is CVE-2022-38787?

CVE-2022-38787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) FPGA products, published on 10 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) FPGA products before version 2.7.0 Hotfix may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38787?

It affects 48 products.


Products: Intel Agilex 7 Fpga F-Series 006 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga F-Series 008 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga F-Series 012 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga F-Series 014 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga F-Series 019 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga F-Series 022 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga F-Series 023 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga F-Series 027 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga I-Series 019 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga I-Series 022 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga I-Series 023 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga I-Series 027 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga I-Series 035 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga I-Series 040 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga I-Series 041 Firmware, Intel Agilex 7 Fpga M-Series 039 Firmware, Intel Stratix 10 Dx 1100 Fpga Firmware, Intel Stratix 10 Dx 2100 Fpga Firmware, Intel Stratix 10 Dx 2800 Fpga Firmware, Intel Stratix 10 Gx 10m Fpga Firmware and 28 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38787?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38787 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38787 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38787 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) FPGA products

- [CVE-2023-22327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22327/): Memory corruption in Intel(R) FPGA products (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38787 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) FPGA products, published on 10 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38787 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) FPGA products. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38787/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38787/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38787
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38787
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38787

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38787/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.