---
id: "CVE-2026-41214"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-41214"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-41214"]
title: "Intel Neural Compressor: improper input validation allows local denial of service"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["intel-neural-compressor", "machine-learning", "package", "python"]
not_affected_if: ["single-user-machine", "version-3.8-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-10T17:17:43+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T17:22:43+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T17:25:42+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41214", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T17:22:43+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Intel Neural Compressor: improper input validation allows local denial of service

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-41214 (this .md is for agents)

Some Intel Neural Compressor software before version 3.8 does not validate input properly, so a local user-level process can cause a denial of service. The attacker needs an authenticated local account and no user interaction.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Intel Neural Compressor version, for example with `pip show neural-compressor` if installed via pip (unknown if the sources name a specific check)
- Confirm whether the software runs on machines where untrusted local users have accounts

## Fix

- Upgrade Intel Neural Compressor to `3.8` or later

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T17:22:43+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41214

## From the sources

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) Neural Compressor software before version 3.8 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 (low) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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