What is CVE-2022-21203?

CVE-2022-21203 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Quartus Prime, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2022-21203?

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

Vulnerability in Intel Quartus Prime

CVE-2022-21203

Improper permissions in the SafeNet Sentinel driver for Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition before version 21.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Published 2022-02-09 · 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: 0.002 (11.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Quartus Prime
Intel(r) Quartus(r) Prime Standard Edition — versions before version 21.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00632.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21203?: CVE-2022-21203 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Quartus Prime, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-21203?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.