What is CVE-2023-22449?

CVE-2023-22449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Nuc 11 Compute Element Cm11ebc4w, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-22449?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Intel Nuc 11 Compute Element Cm11ebc4w

CVE-2023-22449

Improper input validation in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

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

Published 2023-08-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 5.9% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00917.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22449?: CVE-2023-22449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Nuc 11 Compute Element Cm11ebc4w, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-22449?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.