Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in subsystem forIntel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition before version 20.3 and Intel(R…

published 2020-11-12 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17174

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in subsystem forIntel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition before version 20.3 and Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition before version 20.2 may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

intel quartus_prime 20.3

intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00446 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition and Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00446
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-24454
NVD CVE-2020-24454

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