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Quickassist TechnologyApplication · Intel

CVE-2026-20717

MEDIUM · 6.6 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-05-12
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.13.0-0021 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Improper input validation for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated 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 (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-20

The application accepts input without confirming it is well-formed or within expected bounds, so malformed data can push the program into states its author never anticipated. Attackers probe these gaps to trigger crashes, bypass logic, or feed tainted values into more dangerous operations downstream. Remediating it well means validating and normalising every input at the boundary against a strict allow-list — not merely filtering known-bad values.

General guidance for the improper input validation class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Quickassist TechnologyApplication
Affected:< 1.13.0-0021

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 1.13.0-0021 or later
Fixed in 1.13.0-0021
Vendor patch intel.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

1.13.0-0021 or later

  1. Identify the current version of Intel Quickassist Technology installed on the Windows system
  2. Navigate to the Intel Security Center advisory page at https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01387.html to obtain the fixed version
  3. Download Intel QAT software version 1.13.0-0021 or later from the official Intel download site
  4. Review Intel's installation documentation for the QAT software to ensure prerequisites are met
  5. Stop any running applications or services that utilize the QAT driver before upgrading
  6. Install the updated QAT software version following Intel's standard installation procedures
  7. Restart the system if required by the installation process
  8. Verify the installed version is 1.13.0-0021 or later using the QAT software's version check mechanism
Caveat Review Intel release notes for version 1.13 to check for any configuration or compatibility changes that may affect existing deployments

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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