CVE-2026-20908 Race condition in Intel(R) NPU Driver for Windows
A race condition in the Intel NPU Driver for Windows allows an unprivileged local attacker to cause a denial of service.
- 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-2026-20908?
CVE-2026-20908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) NPU Driver for Windows, published on 11 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20908?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Neural Processing Unit Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2026-20908?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20908 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-20908 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20908 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) NPU Driver for Windows
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4942-r77j-8wv7.