# CVE-2026-20738

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-20738
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.5 (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)
- **CWE:** CWE-822
- **Published:** May 12, 2026
- **Last Modified:** May 13, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- n/a — Intel(R) QuickAssist Adapter 8960 software (before version 1.13)

## References

- [CNA](https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01387.html)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.11%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 1.5

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._