Improper access control in the Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM) with Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition software before version 22.1 may…

published 2023-02-16 3y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-37172

cvss: 6.7; 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 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper access control in the Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM) with Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition software before version 22.1 may allow authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

intel fpga_software_development_kit 22.1
intel quartus_prime 21.1, 21.3

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: last yr. (2025-01-27)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM) with Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition software

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00728.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-34157
NVD CVE-2022-34157

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