CVE-2022-21794

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.20% (9th) EPSS

CVSS 6.7 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Improper authentication in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) NUC Boards, Intel(R) NUC Business, Intel(R) NUC Enthusiast, Intel(R) NUC Kits before version HN0067 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.7

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@intel.comexploitability 1.1 · impact 6

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-287USprimary

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell PowerScale <12.4.1all versionscert_bundDE
Intel Firmware NUCall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:intel:firmware:nuc
Lenovo Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:lenovo:computer:-
Dell PowerScale OneFS< 12.4.1cert_bundDE
n/a Intel(R) NUC Boards, Intel(R) NUC Business, Intel(R) NUC Enthusiast, Intel(R) NUC Kits≤ before version HN0067enisa_euvdEU
intel nuc 8 business nuc8i7hnkqc firmware< hn0067nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_8_business_nuc8i7hnkqc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel nuc 8 enthusiast nuc8i7hvkva firmware< hn0067nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_8_enthusiast_nuc8i7hvkva_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel nuc 8 enthusiast nuc8i7hvkvaw firmware< hn0067nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_8_enthusiast_nuc8i7hvkvaw_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel nuc kit nuc8i7hnk firmware< hn0067nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_kit_nuc8i7hnk_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel nuc kit nuc8i7hvk firmware< hn0067nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_kit_nuc8i7hvk_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1987Intel NUC Firmware: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2022-11-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Intel NUC Firmware ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-11-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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