CVE-2023-34438

HIGH

Intel NUC BIOS Firmware - Privilege Escalation via Race Condition

Title source: llm

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

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-362 CWE-421

Status published

Products (50)

intel/compute_element_stk2mv64cc_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i3bnb_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i3bnh_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i3bnhx1_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i3bnhxf_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i3bnk_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i5bnb_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i5bnh_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i5bnhx1_firmware

intel/nuc_board_nuc7i5bnhxf_firmware

... and 40 more

Published Aug 11, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026