Intel Neural Compressor up to 3.6 input validation

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A vulnerability has been found in Intel Neural Compressor up to 3.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-40065. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Intel Neural Compressor up to 3.6. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) Neural Compressor software before version v3.7 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-40065 since 04/18/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/10/2026).

Upgrading to version 3.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Intel

Name

• Neural Compressor

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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