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CVE-2018-12189

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-754

Description

Unhandled exception in Content Protection subsystem in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow privileged user to potentially modify data via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Corporation Intel(R) CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine and Intel(R) Active Management Techn: from 11.0 before 11.8.60; from 11.10 before 11.11.60; from 11.20 before 11.22.60; from 12.0.0 before 12.0.20 — fixed in 11.11.60, 11.22.60, 11.8.60, 12.0.20
• Intel Corporation Trusted Execution Engine: from 3.0 before 3.1.60; from 4.0 before 4.0.10 — fixed in 3.1.60, 4.0.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Corporation Intel(R) CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine and Intel(R) Active Management Techn 11.11.60, 11.22.60, 11.8.60, 12.0.20; Intel Corporation Trusted Execution Engine 3.1.60, 4.0.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190318-0001/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00185.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190318-0001/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00185.html

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