Intel Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface null termination

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Intel Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface up to 1.16.188. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes null termination. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-60141. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Intel Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface up to 1.16.188 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null termination vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-170. The product does not terminate or incorrectly terminates a string or array with a null character or equivalent terminator. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper null termination for some Intel(R) Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface before version 1.16.189 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present with special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (low) 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 known as CVE-2026-60141 since 07/17/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 1.16.189 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Null termination
CWE: CWE-170 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface 1.16.189

Timelineinfo

07/17/2026 CVE reserved
11/10/2026 +116 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: intel
CVE: CVE-2026-60141 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-60141
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-433939

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2026 19:10
Changes: 11/10/2026 19:10 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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