CVE-2023-40540

Published: Nov 14, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.4

Vector

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

Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Affected (56)

Intel

56 products

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv50z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv70l Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv50l Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbv7 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv5 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv7 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv5 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Mini Pc Nuc11tnkv5 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Mini Pc Nuc11tnkv7 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv7 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbv5 Firmware

Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71b Firmware

Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71d Firmware

Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71c Firmware

Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71a Firmware

Nuc 11 Enthusiast Kit Nuc11phki7c Firmware

Nuc 11 Enthusiast Mini Pc Nuc11phki7caa Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki70z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki30z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki50z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi30z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi50z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi70z Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi3 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi5 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi7 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki3 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki5 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi3 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi5 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi7 Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50w Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50l Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30l Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70q Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30p Firmware

Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70l Firmware

Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc71f Firmware

Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc71e Firmware

Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc51e Firmware

Nuc M15 Laptop Kit Lapbc710 Firmware

Nuc M15 Laptop Kit Lapbc510 Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi70z Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi50z Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi30z Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi3 Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi5 Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi7 Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki3 Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki5 Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki7 Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11paqi50wa Firmware

Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11paqi70qa Firmware

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv50z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv50z	All versions

Configuration B

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv70l Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv70l	All versions

Configuration C

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv50l Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv50l	All versions

Configuration D

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbv7 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbv7	All versions

Configuration E

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv5	All versions

Configuration F

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv7 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnkv7	All versions

Configuration G

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv5	All versions

Configuration H

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Mini Pc Nuc11tnkv5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Mini Pc Nuc11tnkv5	All versions

Configuration I

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Mini Pc Nuc11tnkv7 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Mini Pc Nuc11tnkv7	All versions

Configuration J

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv7 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhv7	All versions

Configuration K

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbv5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbv5	All versions

Configuration L

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71b Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71b	All versions

Configuration M

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71d Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71d	All versions

Configuration N

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71c Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71c	All versions

Configuration O

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71a Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Laptop Kit Lapqc71a	All versions

Configuration P

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Enthusiast Kit Nuc11phki7c Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Enthusiast Kit Nuc11phki7c	All versions

Configuration Q

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Enthusiast Mini Pc Nuc11phki7caa Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Enthusiast Mini Pc Nuc11phki7caa	All versions

Configuration R

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70z	All versions

Configuration S

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki70z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki70z	All versions

Configuration T

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki30z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki30z	All versions

Configuration U

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30z	All versions

Configuration V

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki50z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki50z	All versions

Configuration W

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50z	All versions

Configuration X

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi30z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi30z	All versions

Configuration Y

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi50z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi50z	All versions

Configuration Z

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi70z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi70z	All versions

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi3 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi3	All versions

Configuration B

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi5	All versions

Configuration C

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi7 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi7	All versions

Configuration D

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki3 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki3	All versions

Configuration E

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnki5	All versions

Configuration F

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi3 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi3	All versions

Configuration G

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi5	All versions

Configuration H

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi7 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Board Nuc11tnbi7	All versions

Configuration I

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50w Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50w	All versions

Configuration J

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50l Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi50l	All versions

Configuration K

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30l Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30l	All versions

Configuration L

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70q Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70q	All versions

Configuration M

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30p Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi30p	All versions

Configuration N

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70l Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Pro Kit Nuc11tnhi70l	All versions

Configuration O

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc71f Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc71f	All versions

Configuration P

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc71e Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc71e	All versions

Configuration Q

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc51e Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc X15 Laptop Kit Lapkc51e	All versions

Configuration R

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc M15 Laptop Kit Lapbc710 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc M15 Laptop Kit Lapbc710	All versions

Configuration S

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc M15 Laptop Kit Lapbc510 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc M15 Laptop Kit Lapbc510	All versions

Configuration T

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi70z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi70z	All versions

Configuration U

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi50z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi50z	All versions

Configuration V

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi30z Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi30z	All versions

Configuration W

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi3 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi3	All versions

Configuration X

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi5	All versions

Configuration Y

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi7 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi7	All versions

Configuration Z

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki3 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki3	All versions

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki5 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki5	All versions

Configuration B

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki7 Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki7	All versions

Configuration C

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11paqi50wa Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11paqi50wa	All versions

Configuration D

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11paqi70qa Firmware	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Intel Nuc 11 Performance Mini Pc Nuc11paqi70qa	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-1303

Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources

Hardware structures shared across execution contexts (e.g., caches and branch predictors) can violate the expected architecture isolation between contexts.

References (2)

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01001.html

Source: secure@intel.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01001.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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