CVE-2026-20879 HIGH

CVE-2026-20879

Vendor N/A
Product Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software
Weakness CWE-787
Published May 12, 2026
Last update May 12, 2026

CVSS base score

8.3/10
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:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Out-of-bounds write for the Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software before version 2.0.2 within Ring 1: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data corruption. 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 (none), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (high) and availability (high) impacts.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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