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CVE-2023-28823

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 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: 2023-08-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Uncontrolled search path in some Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkit and component software installers before version 4.3.1.493 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Advisor For Oneapi: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Cpu Runtime For Opencl Applications: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Distribution For Python Programming Language: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Dpc++ Compatibility Tool: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Embree Ray Tracing Kernel Library: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Fortran Compiler: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Implicit Spmd Program Compiler: before 1.19.1 — fixed in 1.19.1
• Intel Inspector For Oneapi: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Corporation Intel Integrated Performance Primitives: before 2021.8 — fixed in 2021.8
• Intel Ipp Cryptography: before 2021.7.0 — fixed in 2021.7.0
• Intel(R) MPI Library for Intel(R) oneAPI HPC Toolkit: before 2021.9.0 — fixed in 2021.9.0
• Intel Oneapi Base Toolkit: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel(R) oneAPI Data Analytics Library (oneDAL) for Intel(R) oneAPI Base Toolkit: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Oneapi Deep Neural Network Library: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Oneapi Dpc++ Library (Onedpl): before 2022.1 — fixed in 2022.1
• Intel Oneapi Hpc Toolkit: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Oneapi Iot Toolkit: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Oneapi Math Kernel Library: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel(R) oneAPI Rendering Toolkit: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Oneapi Threading Building Blocks: before 2021.9.0 — fixed in 2021.9.0
• Intel Oneapi Toolkit And Component Software Installer: before 4.3.1.493 — fixed in 4.3.1.493
• Intel Oneapi Video Processing Library: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Open Image Denoise: before 1.4.3 — fixed in 1.4.3
• Intel Open Volume Kernel Library: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Ospray: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel Ospray Studio: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1
• Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector software: before 2021.9.0 — fixed in 2021.9.0
• Intel Vtune Profiler For Oneapi: before 2023.1 — fixed in 2023.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Advisor For Oneapi 2023.1; Intel Cpu Runtime For Opencl Applications 2023.1; Intel Distribution For Python Programming Language 2023.1; Intel Dpc++ Compatibility Tool 2023.1; Intel Embree Ray Tracing Kernel Library 2023.1; Intel Fortran Compiler 2023.1; Intel Implicit Spmd Program Compiler 1.19.1; Intel Inspector For Oneapi 2023.1; Intel Corporation Intel Integrated Performance Primitives 2021.8; Intel Ipp Cryptography 2021.7.0; Intel(R) MPI Library for Intel(R) oneAPI HPC Toolkit 2021.9.0; Intel Oneapi Base Toolkit 2023.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00890.html
• http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00890.html

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