# CVE-2023-28722: Privilege escalation in Intel NUC BIOS firmware

> A privileged local attacker can exploit improper buffer restrictions in Intel NUC BIOS firmware to escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **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:** 19 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qcpg-pwrc-8xc5

## What is CVE-2023-28722?

CVE-2023-28722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel NUC BIOS firmware, published on 19 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper buffer restrictions for some Intel NUC BIOS firmware before version IN0048 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-92 (DEPRECATED: Improper Sanitization of Custom Special Characters)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28722?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Intel Nuc 8 Mainstream-G Kit Nuc8i5inh Firmware, Intel Nuc 8 Mainstream-G Kit Nuc8i7inh Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28722?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28722 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28722 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel NUC BIOS firmware

- [CVE-2021-33164](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33164/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NUCs (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-12336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12336/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NUCs (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-24525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24525/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NUCs (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-29495](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29495/): Privilege escalation in Intel NUC BIOS firmware (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-12337](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12337/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NUCs (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28722 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel NUC BIOS firmware, published on 19 Jan 2024. 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-2023-28722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel NUC BIOS firmware. 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-2023-28722/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28722/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28722
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28722
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28722

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