CVE-2026-20752 Information disclosure in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software

Medium 6.7 Published 11 Aug 2026 Updated 12 Aug 2026

A local privileged attacker can exploit improper authentication in Intel WiFi software to disclose sensitive system information.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2026-20752?

CVE-2026-20752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi, published on 11 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper authentication for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software within Ring 0: Kernel may allow an information disclosure. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data exposure. 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 (none) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20752?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi.

How do I fix CVE-2026-20752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-20752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3xg4-grj9-qjqq.