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CVE-2026-20769

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.14%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-11 · Last synced 2026-08-15

CyberRota Analysis

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The Intel NPU Driver is vulnerable to a denial of service due to improper condition checks, allowing unprivileged authenticated users to exploit this flaw with minimal complexity. This could lead to significant availability issues for affected systems, particularly in environments where local access is possible. Organizations utilizing the Intel NPU Driver should prioritize remediation efforts to mitigate the risk of service disruptions.

CVE
CVE-2026-20769
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.14%

Original NVD Description

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.