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CVE-2022-21131

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21131 describes an improper access control vulnerability in some Intel Xeon Processors, potentially allowing an authenticated local user to disclose sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and user authentication, but has high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7940x_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7960x_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7980xe_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7920x_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i9-7900x_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: microcode_ctl
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: microcode_ctl
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: microcode_ctl
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: microcode_ctl

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-21131Low

hw: cpu: information disclosure in some Intel Xeon processors

May 10, 2022

References

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00616.html
Vendor Advisory