Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2026 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2026-20718

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect default permissions in Intel(R) NPU Driver software installers. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 0% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Incorrect default permissions for some Intel(R) NPU Driver software installers before version 32.0.100.4511 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires active user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Intel(R) NPU Driver software installers	before version 32.0.100.4511

Weakness: CWE-276 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01424.html