---
id: CVE-2026-20786
title: >-
  Out-of-bounds read for the Intel(R) NPU Driver for all versions within Ring 3:
  User Applications may allow a denial of service
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 d…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-125
  - CWE-125
vendor: intel
product: neural_processing_unit_driver
affected:
  - neural_processing_unit_driver < 1.32.0
  - neural_processing_unit_driver < 32.0.100.4723
patched:
  - neural_processing_unit_driver 32.0.100.4723
published: '2026-08-11'
updated: '2026-09-28'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-28T16:57:14.093'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20786'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01456.html
    label: secure@intel.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-09-28T17:16:27.785Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `neural_processing_unit_driver < 1.32.0`
- `neural_processing_unit_driver < 32.0.100.4723`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `neural_processing_unit_driver 32.0.100.4723`