PT-2026-70278 · Intel · Xeon Scalable Processors
CVE-2026-20707
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Published
2026-08-11
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Updated
2026-09-02
CVSS v4.0
6.8
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
3rd Gen Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors (affected versions not specified)
Description
Hardware logic contains race conditions within Ring 3, which is the least privileged level of the CPU execution environment. An authenticated unprivileged local adversary could exploit this through a high complexity attack to cause a denial of service, impacting system availability. This issue requires no user interaction but necessitates special internal knowledge of the hardware.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
DoS
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Xeon Scalable Processors