CVE-2026-40705

Published Nov 10, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Improper resource locking for the Intel(R) NPU Drivers before version 32.0.100.4778 within Ring 1: Device Drivers 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 (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper resource locking for the Intel(R) NPU Drivers before version 32.0.100.4778 within Ring 1: Device Drivers 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 (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
Weaknesses CWE-413
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
intel
Published
Updated
Nov 12, 2026, 7:31 PM
Reserved
Apr 18, 2026, 3:00 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 10, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Nov 12, 2026, 8:18 PM