{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20738 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-20738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software, published on 12 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-20738 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-20738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software, published on 12 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20738 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software. 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-2026-20738/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20738/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-20738","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20738/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-20738","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qmx6-w9c6-prh5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"hardware_firmware","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Intel QuickAssist Adapter","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Untrusted pointer dereference in Intel QuickAssist Adapter software allows local attackers to escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"intel","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-822","name":"Untrusted Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"Untrusted pointer dereference for some Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no 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.","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":"Null dereference in Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software","id":"CVE-2026-20738","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows","id":"CVE-2026-20739"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows","id":"CVE-2026-20737"},"products":["Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software"],"published":"2026-05-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"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":"2026-05-13","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Untrusted pointer dereference in Intel QuickAssist Adapter software allows local attackers to escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20738/"}