Intel oneAPI CLI Tool input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel oneAPI CLI Tool. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-40064. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel oneAPI CLI Tool (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) oneAPI CLI Tool software within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated 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 without special internal knowledge and requires active user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) 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-2026-40064 since 06/04/2026. The exploitation appears 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).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Intel

Name

• oneAPI CLI Tool

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

CPE 2.3info

• 🔒

CPE 2.2info

• 🔒

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Discussion