CVE-2026-20794 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-20794

Vendor N/A
Product Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software
Weakness CWE-120
Published May 12, 2026
Last update May 13, 2026

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Buffer overflow for the Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software before version 2.0.2 within Ring 1: Device Drivers may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable local code execution. 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 (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) impacts.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 12, 2026 CVE published
May 13, 2026 Record updated