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CVE-2022-33176

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Improper input validation in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) NUC 11 Performance kits and Intel(R) NUC 11 Performance Mini PCs before version PATGL357.0042 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi30Z Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi3 Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi50Z Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi5 Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi70Z Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi7 Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Paki3 Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Paki5 Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Paki7 Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11Paqi50Wa Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042
• Intel Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11Paqi70Qa Firmware: before patgl357.0042 — fixed in patgl357.0042

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi30Z Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi3 Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi50Z Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi5 Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi70Z Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Pahi7 Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Paki3 Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Paki5 Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11Paki7 Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11Paqi50Wa Firmware patgl357.0042; Intel Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11Paqi70Qa Firmware patgl357.0042. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00752.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00752.html

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