CVE-2022-21181: Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 8260 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 8260 Firmware: before 22.120 (fixed in 22.120)
• Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 8265 Firmware: before 22.120 (fixed in 22.120)
• Intel Killer Ac 1550 Firmware: before 3.1122.1105 (fixed in 3.1122.1105)
• Intel Wireless-Ac 9260 Firmware: before 22.120 (fixed in 22.120)
• Intel Wireless-Ac 9461 Firmware: before 22.120 (fixed in 22.120)
• Intel Wireless-Ac 9462 Firmware: before 22.120 (fixed in 22.120)
• Intel Wireless-Ac 9560 Firmware: before 22.120 (fixed in 22.120)

Published 2022-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.