CVE-2021-0060: Intel 11th Generation Core Series Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insufficient compartmentalization in HECI subsystem for the Intel(R) SPS before versions SPS_E5_04.01.04.516.0, SPS_E5_04.04.04.033.0, SPS_E5_04.04.03.281.0, SPS_E5_03.01.03.116.0, SPS_E3_05.01.04.309.0, SPS_02.04.00.101.0, SPS_SoC-A_05.00.03.114.0, SPS_SoC-X_04.00.04.326.0, SPS_SoC-X_03.00.03.117.0, IGN_E5_91.00.00.167.0, SPS_PHI_03.01.03.078.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Affected products

Intel 11th Generation Core Series Firmware: before csme_15.0.35 (fixed in csme_15.0.35)
Intel Atom c3000 Series Firmware: before sps_soc-a_04.00.04.501.0 (fixed in sps_soc-a_04.00.04.501.0)
Intel Atom c610 Series Firmware: before sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0 (fixed in sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0)
Intel Atom p5000 Series Firmware: before sps_soc-a_05.00.03.114.0 (fixed in sps_soc-a_05.00.03.114.0)
Intel c240 Series Firmware: before sps_e3_05.01.04.309.0 (fixed in sps_e3_05.01.04.309.0)
Intel c620 Series Firmware: before sps_e5_04.01.04.516.0 (fixed in sps_e5_04.01.04.516.0)
Intel c620a Series Firmware: before sps_e5_04.04.03.281.0 (fixed in sps_e5_04.04.03.281.0)
Intel Celeron 6000 Series Firmware: before csme_15.0.35 (fixed in csme_15.0.35)
Intel Pentium Gold Series Firmware: before csme_15.0.35 (fixed in csme_15.0.35)
Intel Xeon D-1500 Series Firmware: before sps_soc-x_03.00.03.117.0 (fixed in sps_soc-x_03.00.03.117.0)
Intel Xeon D 2000 Series Firmware: before sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0 (fixed in sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0)
Intel Xeon W-1300 Series Firmware: before csme_15.0.35 (fixed in csme_15.0.35)
Netapp Cloud Backup: affected versions not specified
Netapp Hci Compute Node BIOS: affected versions not specified
Netapp Hci Storage Node BIOS: affected versions not specified
Netapp Solidfire BIOS: affected versions not specified

Published 2022-02-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.