---
id: "CVE-2026-20798"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-20798"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-20798"]
title: "Intel Graphics Driver installers: uncontrolled search path allows local privilege escalation"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["graphics-driver", "intel", "local-users", "vendor", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["managed-driver-deployment", "no-local-untrusted-users"]
published_at: "2026-11-10T17:17:33+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T17:22:41+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T17:24:32+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20798", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T17:22:41+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Intel Graphics Driver installers: uncontrolled search path allows local privilege escalation

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-20798 (this .md is for agents)

Some Intel Graphics Driver software installers load code from an uncontrolled search path. A local user with an account can get code to run with higher privileges when a user runs the installer.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Identify installed Intel Graphics Driver versions on Windows machines and compare them with the fixed versions named by Intel (unknown in the sources)
- Check whether the Intel Graphics Driver installer was run from a writable or untrusted folder (unknown in the sources)

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T17:22:41+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20798

## From the sources

Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Graphics Driver software installers within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable local code execution. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires active user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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