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TI-2026-16931 Aliases CVE-2026-20908GHSA-4942-r77j-8wv7

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Intel NPU Driver for Windows

Priority LOW 24CWE-367Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
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

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition for the Intel(R) NPU Driver for Windows for all versions within Ring 1: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are 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 0.00072 0th 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 Driver for Windowsall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Intel(R) NPU Driver for Windows Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:intel:neural_processing_unit_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*before 32.0.100.4723VulnerableIntel
  • 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-2026-20908
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4942-r77j-8wv7

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-16822 Out-of-bounds read in Intel NPU Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • 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

Sources

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