Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-26006

High

Published: 11 November 2022

Published
11 November 2022
Modified
05 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0014 34.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-26006 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Intel Core I5-7640X Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 34.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper input validation in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

intel
core i5-7640x firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-3820 firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-3920xm firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-3930k firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-3940xm firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-3960x firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-3970x firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-4820k firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-4930k firmware
all versions
intel
core i7-4930mx firmware
all versions
+120 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References