CVE-2026-20783

Description

A flaw was found in the Intel NPU Driver firmware due to an improper conditions check. An unprivileged attacker with authenticated user access can exploit this vulnerability locally with low complexity and no user interaction. This can lead to a denial of service, severely impacting the availability of the system. There is also a low impact on system integrity.

Statement

Red Hat products are not affected by this vulnerability as they do not ship the Intel NPU Driver. Community packages in Fedora and EPEL are tracked separately.

Mitigation

No mitigation is needed for Red Hat products as they are not affected.

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-606

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)

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