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CVE-2023-28378

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28378 is an improper authorization vulnerability in Intel QAT drivers for Windows (HW Version 2.0 prior to 2.0.4) affecting Intel and Microsoft QuickAssist Technology products. An authenticated local user could exploit this with low attack complexity to achieve escalation of privilege, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH) and is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. There is no public exploit code available, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
22.07.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:intel:quickassist_technology_library:22.07.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0, < 1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:quickassist_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
>= 2.0, < 2.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:quickassist_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00861.html
Vendor Advisory