CVE-2026-20890

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description Improper privilege management within Ring 2: Privileged Process may allow an escalation of privilege. An unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user could potentially exploit this via local access, requiring no user interaction. Ring 2 is a CPU privilege level that provides more permissions than user applications but fewer than the operating system kernel. This issue may impact system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.