Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-34016 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-34016 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-34016?
- Informational severity, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Intel VTune Profiler before 2026.0.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-34016?
- Yes: fixed in VTune Profiler 2026.0.0. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-34016 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-34016?
- Check whether you run Intel VTune Profiler at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: VTune Profiler 2026.0.0
Technical details
A TOCTOU race condition exists in the VTune Profiler device driver (Ring 1) that allows an authenticated local attacker with low complexity to achieve privilege escalation. The vulnerability is triggered via local access and does not require user interaction. An attacker can exploit the window between a security check and a privileged operation to gain kernel-level code execution.
Affected products
- Intel VTune Profiler before 2026.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed