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CVE-2018-12190

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% 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-20

Description

Insufficient input validation in Intel(r) CSME subsystem before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel(r) TXE before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege 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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