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TI-2026-16822 Aliases CVE-2026-20786GHSA-6m44-mfj9-ffjr

Out-of-bounds read in Intel NPU Driver

Priority LOW 29CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Out-of-bounds read 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00134 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Intel(R) NPU Driverall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Intel(R) NPU Driver Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:intel:neural_processing_unit_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*before 1.32.0VulnerableIntel
cpe:2.3:a:intel:neural_processing_unit_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*before 32.0.100.4723VulnerableIntel
  • cpe:2.3:a:intel:neural_processing_unit_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* Versions before 1.32.0 Vulnerable ·Intel
  • cpe:2.3:a:intel:neural_processing_unit_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions before 32.0.100.4723 Vulnerable ·Intel

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-20786
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6m44-mfj9-ffjr

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-16821 Improper check for unusual conditions in Intel NPU Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-16808 Improper check for unusual conditions in Intel NPU Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-16777 Memory corruption in Intel NPU Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-16931 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Intel NPU Driver for Windows CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.8

Sources

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