---
id: "CVE-2026-60141"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-60141"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-60141"]
title: "Intel Metrics Discovery API: null termination flaw lets a local user crash things"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "Intel(R) Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["infrastructure", "intel", "local-users", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["no-local-untrusted-users", "version-1.16.189-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-10T18:17:43+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T18:22:59+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T18:26:27+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60141", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T18:22:59+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Intel Metrics Discovery API: null termination flaw lets a local user crash things

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-60141 (this .md is for agents)

Some versions of Intel's Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface do not properly null-terminate certain data, so a local unprivileged user-level program can cause a denial of service. The flaw affects availability only; confidentiality and integrity are not affected.

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

## Affected

- vendor:Intel(R) Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface affected range not listed fixed no fixed version listed

## How to check

- Check the installed Intel Metrics Discovery API version against the fixed version below

## Fix

- Move to Intel Metrics Discovery API `1.16.189` or later

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T18:22:59+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60141

## From the sources

Improper null termination for some Intel(R) Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface before version 1.16.189 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present with special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (low) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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