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.
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
Crypto API Toolkit for Intel® SGX before version 2.0 commit ID 91ee496.
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>
Intel would like to thank Sankaranarayanan Venkatasubramanian for reporting this issue.****
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