Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in EquiTriton by Intel
CVE-2026-28700

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Intel
Status
Equitriton
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 August 2026

What is CVE-2026-28700?

A vulnerability in EquiTriton allows unprivileged software adversaries to escalate privileges under specific conditions. Attackers could potentially leverage local access in combination with low complexity methods to gain unauthorized control over user applications. The vulnerability does not require extensive internal knowledge, meaning it poses significant risk when certain attack scenarios are aligned. This may lead to a serious compromise of the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Affected Version(s)

EquiTriton before version f5ddbb5

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advis...

CVSS V4

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
Physical
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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