Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-50175 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-50175 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-50175?
- Informational severity, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Intel Slim Bootloader 12th Generation Core, Pentium Gold, Celeron (Alder Lake, Arizona Beach, Amston Lake); Processor N-series (Twin Lake).
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-50175?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-50175 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-50175?
- Check whether you run Intel Slim Bootloader 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.
Technical details
An untrusted pointer dereference in the FirmwareWakingVector component of Intel Slim Bootloader running in Ring 0 allows privilege escalation. The vulnerability affects startup code and requires a privileged user with local access; exploitation has low complexity and no user interaction is needed. A successful exploit grants the attacker high-impact access to system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Affected products
- Intel Slim Bootloader 12th Generation Core, Pentium Gold, Celeron (Alder Lake, Arizona Beach, Amston Lake); Processor N-series (Twin Lake)
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed