Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Intel NPU Driver for Windows - CVE-2026-20908

 

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

External References

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