Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Intel NPU Driver for Windows - CVE-2026-20908
Published: August 14, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU142465
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-20908
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to time-of-check time-of-use race condition. A local user can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Intel NPU Driver for Windows
How to mitigate CVE-2026-20908
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel NPU Driver for Windows - update to 32.0.100.4723