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CVE-2020-0561

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• 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: 2020-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

Description

Improper initialization in the Intel(R) SGX SDK before v2.6.100.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Corporation Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions SDK: before 2.6.100.1; before 2.8.100.1 — fixed in 2.6.100.1, 2.8.100.1
• openSUSE Backports: sle-15-sp1
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Corporation Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions SDK 2.6.100.1, 2.8.100.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00014.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00336.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00014.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00336.html

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