Intel® Distribution for Python Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Distribution for Python may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-28696

Description: Uncontrolled search path in the Intel® Distribution for Python before version 2022.0.3 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® Distribution for Python before version 2022.0.3.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® Distribution for Python to version 2022.0.3 or later.

Updates are available for download at these locations:

As part of the Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit download -

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/base-toolkit-download.html?operatingsystem=window&distributions=webdownload

Intel® Distribution for Python direct download -

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/tool/oneapi-standalone-components.html#python&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Houjingyi for reporting this issue.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.