# CVE-2023-29242: Privilege escalation in Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits

> An authenticated local user can escalate privileges due to improper access control in Intel oneAPI Toolkits.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 May 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j935-p4c9-9pvj

## What is CVE-2023-29242?

CVE-2023-29242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits, published on 12 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.

### Official description

Improper access control for Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits before version 2021.1 Beta 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29242?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Intel Oneapi Ai Analytics Toolkit, Intel Oneapi Base Toolkit, Intel Oneapi Dl Framework Developer Toolkit, Intel Oneapi Hpc Toolkit, Intel Oneapi Iot Toolkit, Intel Oneapi Rendering Toolkit.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-29242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-29242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-29242 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-29242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits, published on 12 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits. 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-2023-29242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29242/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29242
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29242
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29242

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