CVE-2026-20769

Improper conditions check for the Intel(R) NPU Driver for all versions within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01456.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:intel:neural_processing_unit_driver::::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:intel:neural_processing_unit_driver::::::windows::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-11 17:17

Updated : 2026-08-31 13:56

NVD link : CVE-2026-20769

Mitre link : CVE-2026-20769

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-20769

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Products Affected

intel

neural_processing_unit_driver

CWE

CWE-754

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

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