Local privilege escalation via undisclosed protection failure
Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 11, 2026
Protection mechanism failure in Intel Neural Compressor before 3.6 allows local users to escalate privileges with passive user interaction. Intel has not disclosed the affected code locus or the incorrect operation performed by the protection mechanism. Exploitation requires a privileged user and additional attack requirements, and successful exploitation compromises data confidentiality, integrity, and service availability within the vulnerable system.
Summary
What happened
Protection mechanism failure in Intel Neural Compressor before 3.6 allows local users to escalate privileges with passive user interaction. Intel has not disclosed the affected code locus or the incorrect operation performed by the protection mechanism. Exploitation requires a privileged user and additional attack requirements, and successful exploitation compromises data confidentiality, integrity, and service availability within the vulnerable system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-20906
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel Neural Compressor
- Classifications
- CWE-693, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version v3.6
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