{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40972 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-40972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows, published on 10 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40972 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-40972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows, published on 10 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40972 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40972/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-40972","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40972/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-40972","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mjqx-jjhg-mfxj"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Intel QAT Windows driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An authenticated local user can escalate privileges due to improper access control in Intel QAT drivers for Windows.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"intel","cpe":[{"product":"quickassist_technology","vendor":"intel"}],"cvss":{"score":6.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-284","name":"Improper Access Control"}],"description":"Improper access control in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows before version 1.9.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows","id":"CVE-2022-40972","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Intel(R) IPP Cryptography software","id":"CVE-2022-40974"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Intel(R) HDMI Firmware Update Tool for NUC","id":"CVE-2022-40971"},"products":["Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows"],"published":"2023-05-10","related":[{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Memory corruption in Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows","id":"CVE-2026-20714","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-12"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows","id":"CVE-2026-20767","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-12"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Memory corruption in Intel QAT Driver for Windows","id":"CVE-2022-21804","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-10"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows","id":"CVE-2022-41699","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-10"},{"cvss_score":7.9,"headline":"Memory corruption in Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 1.0","id":"CVE-2023-28741","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-11-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Intel(R) QAT for Linux","id":"CVE-2020-12333","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-11-12"},{"cvss_score":7.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in Intel(R) QAT Windows software","id":"CVE-2025-27713","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-11-11"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-01-24","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"An authenticated local user can escalate privileges due to improper access control in Intel QAT drivers for Windows.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40972/"}