PSIRT Advisory – INTEL-SA-00375 - Intel® PAC with Arria® 10 GX FPGA Advisory Intel® PAC with Arria® 10 GX FPGA Advisory Corporate Pages Security {"description":"Intel\u00ae PAC with Arria\u00ae 10 GX FPGA Advisory. Altera\u2019s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) advisories provide important disclosures, mitigations, and security updates.","title":"PSIRT Advisory \u2013 INTEL-SA-00375"} Altera Security Advisory: INTEL-SA-00375 Advisory Category: Firmware Impact of vulnerability: Escalation of Privilege Severity rating: High Original release: 08/11/2020 Last revised: 05/06/2026 Summary: A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Programmable Acceleration Cards (PAC) with Arria® 10 GX Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) may allow escalation of privilege.Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2020-8684 Description: Improper access control in firmware for Intel® PAC with Arria® 10 GX FPGA before Intel Acceleration Stack version 1.2.1 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. CVSS Base Score: 7.2 High CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H Affected products: Intel® PAC with Arria® 10 GX FPGA before Intel Acceleration Stack version 1.2.1. Recommendations: Intel recommends updating Intel® PAC with Arria® 10 GX FPGA to Intel Acceleration Stack version 1.2.1 or later. Updates are available for download at this location: https://docs.altera.com/r/docs/683226/current/intel-programmable-acceleration-card-pac-with-intel-arria-10-gx-fpga-data-sheet/introduction Acknowledgements: This issue was found internally by Brent Thomas and Jaime Zepeda. Revision Date Description 1.0 08/11/2020 Initial Release 1.1 08/20/2020 Corrected names in acknowldedgements 1.2 05/06/2026 Transfer Advisory to Altera. Legal Notices and Disclaimers Altera provides these materials as-is, with no express or implied warranties. All products, dates, and figures specified are preliminary based on current expectations, and are subject to change without notice. Altera products and services described may contain design defects or errors known as errata, which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are available on request. Altera products that have met their End of Servicing Updates may no longer receive functional and security updates. Altera technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software, or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at https://www.altera.com. Some results may have been estimated or simulated using internal Altera analysis or architecture simulation or modeling and are provided for informational purposes only. Any differences in your system hardware, software, or configuration may affect your actual performance. © Altera Corporation. Altera, the Altera logo, and other Altera marks are trademarks of Altera Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.