CVE-2025-33030 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NPU Drivers
An unprivileged local attacker can exploit improper condition checks in Intel NPU drivers to escalate privileges and corrupt data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-33030?
CVE-2025-33030 is a low-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) NPU Drivers, published on 10 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper conditions check in some firmware for some Intel(R) NPU Drivers within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data corruption. 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 (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33030?
How do I fix CVE-2025-33030?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-33030 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-33030 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33030 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2fhx-5jj5-pjhv.