Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX (Software Guard Extensions) may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing toolkit updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-21163

Description: Improper access control in the Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX before version 2.0 commit ID 91ee496 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 8.4 High

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

Affected Products:

Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX before version 2.0 commit ID 91ee496.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX to version 2.0 commit ID 91ee496 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://github.com/intel/crypto-api-toolkit&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Sankaranarayanan Venkatasubramanian 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.