Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by intel
CVE-2026-20731
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity memory corruption in Intel(R) NPU Driver. 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 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Improper buffer restrictions 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 packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | firmware-nonfree | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-20731 |
| Debian:14 | firmware-nonfree | 20260410-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-20731 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | Intel(R) NPU Driver | all versions |
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N