CVE-2026-28746

Published Nov 10, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Out-of-bounds read in the AuthenticateComponent for the Intel(R) Slim Bootloader within Ring 0: Bare Metal OS may allow a denial of service. System software adversary with a privileged 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 (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Out-of-bounds read in the AuthenticateComponent for the Intel(R) Slim Bootloader within Ring 0: Bare Metal OS may allow a denial of service. System software adversary with a privileged 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 (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
intel
Published
Updated
Nov 12, 2026, 7:29 PM
Reserved
Apr 2, 2026, 3:00 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 10, 2026, 6:17 PM
Modified
Nov 12, 2026, 8:18 PM