CVE-2026-20793

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-252

Description

Unchecked return value for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (low) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Affected products

Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology software: before 1.13.0-0021 — fixed in 1.13.0-0021

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology software 1.13.0-0021. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01387.html

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