Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-20898
Improper access control in the firmware for some in Alias Checking Trusted Module for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors may allow an escalation of privilege. Startup code and SMM adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. 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 (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (none) impacts.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 1.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.2
Products affected by CVE-2026-20898
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8592+_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8593q_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4410t_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4416+_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4416_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4509y_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4510_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4510t_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4514y_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_silver_4516y+_firmware:-