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CVE-2024-21862

• 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: 2024-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Uncontrolled search path in some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition Design software before version 23.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel(R) Quartus Prime Pro and Standard edition software: before 23.1 — fixed in 23.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel(R) Quartus Prime Pro and Standard edition software 23.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01055.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01055.html

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