What is CVE-2022-21181?

CVE-2022-21181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 8260, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-21181?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 8260

CVE-2022-21181

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2022-08-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00621.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00002.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21181?: CVE-2022-21181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 8260, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-21181?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.