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Jetson Xavier Series Jetson Orin Series And Jetson Thor CVE-2026-24153

| EUVDEUVD-2026-17512 MEDIUM
Trust Boundary Violation (CWE-501)
2026-03-31 nvidia
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Trust boundary enforcement
Impact

This vulnerability presents moderate real-world risk despite the 5.2 CVSS score. The CVSS vector (AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C) indicates physical attack surface, low complexity exploitation, and requirement for low-level authenticated access; these constraints significantly narrow the threat actor pool to insiders, service technicians, or those with direct hardware manipulation capability. The 5.2 score reflects high confidentiality impact (C:H) but zero integrity or availability impact, limiting exposure to information disclosure scenarios. Absence of CISA KEV status, public POC, or known active exploitation suggests this is a discovered vulnerability without yet-documented weaponization; however, the trusted application exposure (nvluks) could enable persistent attacks if exploited to exfiltrate encryption keys. Priority should be contextualized by deployment environment: air-gapped or tightly controlled Jetson fleets face lower risk than open-access edge devices.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A technician with legitimate low-level access to a Jetson device opens the physical enclosure and boots the device, then interacts with the improperly-guarded nvluks trusted application through low-level device interfaces (e.g., secure monitor calls) to extract encryption keys or sensitive cryptographic material stored in the TEE. This requires physical proximity and authenticated system access, limiting exploitation to insider threats or highly targeted supply-chain scenarios. No public exploit code is documented, making this a theoretical threat requiring either reverse engineering of the nvluks TA or leaked POC code.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 31, 2026

Information disclosure in NVIDIA Jetson Linux affects Xavier, Orin, and Thor series devices due to the nvluks trusted application remaining enabled in initrd. A local attacker with physical access and low-level privileges can exploit this to read sensitive data from the device, as confirmed by CWE-501 (CLS: Malicious Code Not Included in Executable) indicating improper access control to privileged components. CVSS 5.2 reflects the high confidentiality impact but requires physical attack vector and authenticated access; no public exploit or CISA KEV status reported.

RemediationAI

Update NVIDIA Jetson Linux to a patched version that disables the nvluks trusted application in initrd by default or removes its active invocation during early boot. Check the official NVIDIA security advisory (https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5797) for the specific patched Jetson Linux version applicable to your device variant (Xavier, Orin, or Thor series). If immediate patching is unavailable, physically restrict access to devices and disable or constrain TEE-based cryptographic services where operationally feasible. Verify remediation by inspecting the initrd image to confirm nvluks invocation has been disabled.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

NVIDIA Jetson devices rely on a trusted execution environment (TEE) with a specialized trusted application (TA) called nvluks for handling encrypted storage and cryptographic operations. The vulnerability stems from CWE-501, indicating that security-critical code (the nvluks TA) lacks proper disablement controls in the initrd boot image, allowing lower-privileged local contexts to interact with sensitive cryptographic or key-management functionality. The affected CPE entries span the Jetson Xavier series (Xavier, Xavier NX, AGX Xavier, Orin variants), Orin series (Orin, Orin Nano, Orin NX, AGX Orin), and Jetson Thor-all of which use the same initrd architecture for early boot trust establishment.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
CVSS changed
Jul 24, 2026 - 20:22 NVD
5.2 (MEDIUM) 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Mar 31, 2026 - 16:23 nvd
MEDIUM 5.2

DescriptionNVD

NVIDIA Jetson Linux has a vulnerability in initrd, where the nvluks trusted application is not disabled. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 98% exploitable
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

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cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:jetson_xavier_series,_jetson_orin_series_and_jetson_thor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:jetson_xavier_series,_jetson_orin_series_and_jetson_thor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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