---
id: "CVE-2026-46632"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-46632"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-46632"]
title: "Intel Application Optimization UI: uncontrolled search path allows local privilege escalation"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["intel", "local-users", "vendor", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["no-intel-application-optimization-installed"]
published_at: "2026-11-10T17:17:43+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T17:22:43+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T17:24:26+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46632", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T17:22:43+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Intel Application Optimization UI: uncontrolled search path allows local privilege escalation

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-46632 (this .md is for agents)

Some Intel Application Optimization User Interface components load code through an uncontrolled search path, so a local user-level program can plant a file that runs with higher privileges. An attacker with a local account and a high-complexity setup could escalate privileges on the machine.

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

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T17:22:43+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46632

## From the sources

Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Application Optimization User Interface 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 escalation of privilege. 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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