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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2022-21139 json

Inadequate encryption strength for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable esca…

published 2022-08-18 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-26386

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Inadequate encryption strength for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.

Patch / fix

  • intel wireless-ac_9560_firmware 22.120
  • intel wireless-ac_9462_firmware 22.120
  • intel wireless-ac_9461_firmware 22.120
  • intel wireless-ac_9260_firmware 22.120
  • intel proset_wi-fi_6e_ax210_firmware 22.120
  • intel wi-fi_6e_ax211_firmware 22.120
  • intel wi-fi_6_ax200_firmware 22.120
  • intel wi-fi_6_ax201_firmware 22.120
  • intel wi-fi_6e_ax411_firmware 22.120

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.