CVE-2026-32791: Intel Performance Counter Monitor

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path for some Intel(R) Performance Counter Monitor (Intel(R) PCM) before version tag 202604 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires passive user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Affected products

• Intel Performance Counter Monitor: before 2026-04-06 (fixed in 2026-04-06)

Published 2026-08-11. Last modified 2026-10-02.