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NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2026-47507

| EUVDEUVD-2026-90094 HIGH
Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129)
2026-09-30 nvidia GHSA-j8jh-c95w-8m7g
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: nvidia
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Gain local low-privileged access
  2. Delivery
    Call vulnerable kernel-mode driver interface
  3. Exploit
    Supply out-of-bounds array index
  4. Execution
    Corrupt kernel memory
  5. Impact
    Escalate privileges to SYSTEM/root

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Array index validation
Exploitation Conditions

Requires local access with at least low-privileged code execution on a host running the vulnerable NVIDIA GPU Display Driver kernel-mode layer (GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, Tesla) on Windows or Linux, or on a Virtual GPU Manager host where a guest can reach the driver. The attacker must be able to invoke the affected kernel-mode interface and pass a controlled out-of-range array index (CWE-129). Limiting factors: exploitation is strictly local (AV:L) - there is no network/remote path - and needs valid low-privilege access (PR:L); however, no user interaction (UI:N) and low complexity (AC:L) mean any unprivileged local process qualifies. No special non-default configuration is called out beyond having the GPU driver / vGPU Manager installed.

Impact

This is a genuine, high-priority local privilege-escalation class flaw despite lacking remote reach. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 7.8) describes a low-complexity attack requiring only local, low-privilege access and no user interaction, yielding full confidentiality/integrity/availability impact - the signature of kernel-mode code execution from an unprivileged user context. No EPSS score, CISA KEV entry, or public POC was provided in the intelligence set, so there is no evidence of active or automated exploitation at this time; the finding is vendor-reported (NVIDIA product-security advisory 5861) rather than exploitation-driven. The description's enumeration of possible outcomes (code execution, DoS, EoP, information disclosure, data tampering) is characteristic of NVIDIA's broad worst-case phrasing for a CWE-129 improper-array-index bug, not confirmation that all impacts are reliably achievable. Net: real priority for patching on multi-user, VDI, sandboxed, and datacenter/vGPU hosts where a local attacker's escape to kernel matters most, but not an emergency internet-facing exposure. No signals are internally conflicting; the main gap is the absence of EPSS/KEV/POC data, which limits exploitation-likelihood scoring.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A local, low-privileged user (or malicious/compromised process, including a guest VM on a vGPU host) issues a crafted request to the NVIDIA kernel-mode driver that supplies an out-of-range array index, triggering an out-of-bounds access in kernel context. By controlling the OOB read/write, the attacker corrupts kernel memory to escalate to SYSTEM/root, or at minimum crashes the driver for denial of service. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and no user interaction is required.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026

Local privilege escalation in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux lets a low-privileged local user trigger an out-of-bounds array access in the kernel mode layer, potentially yielding code execution in kernel context, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure and data tampering. The assessed CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (7.8), meaning the attack is strictly local and requires only low-privileged authenticated code on the host, with no user interaction and low complexity - so any unprivileged process able to reach the affected kernel-mode interface on a system running GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS or Tesla drivers (or a vGPU host reachable from a guest) can attempt it. There is confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) status: no - the CVE is not in KEV and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, so early patching is key while exploitation activity has not yet been observed.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory: NVIDIA addresses CVE-2026-47507 through its 2026 product security bulletin (reference 5861, https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861), which lists the fixed driver branches - because the supplied data does not include an exact fixed driver version number, administrators should consult that bulletin and map their installed branch (GeForce/RTX/Quadro/NVS, Tesla, or vGPU Manager) to the corresponding corrected release rather than assuming a specific build; details are also tracked at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47507 and https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47507. There is no documented configuration workaround that removes the flaw, since it lives in the kernel-mode driver itself, so the practical interim mitigations are compensating controls with real trade-offs: restrict interactive and service-account logon on GPU-bearing hosts so that as few principals as possible hold the low-privileged local access the flaw requires (this narrows but does not eliminate exposure, since any local user qualifies under PR:L); for vGPU deployments, apply the fixed vGPU Manager on the hypervisor and, until then, tightly limit which guest VMs can reach the host driver and reduce guest-to-host attack surface (this degrades virtualization flexibility and may not be possible for multi-tenant VDI); and monitor for unexpected driver-level crashes or pool-corruption indicators that could signal attempted exploitation. Note that disabling GPU acceleration or falling back to a generic/older driver removes the vulnerable kernel path but sacrifices GPU performance and feature support and should only be a stopgap.

Affected VersionsENISA

RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
Tesla All driver versions prior to 616.92
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 616.92
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 582.78
Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Virtual GPU Manager 595.71.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
Virtual GPU Manager 582.51(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
GeForce All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 610.88
GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.60
Tesla All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Tesla All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
GeForce All driver versions prior to 616.56
Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.88
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Virtual GPU Manager 580.159.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
Tesla All driver versions prior to 596.86
GeForce All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
Virtual GPU Manager 596.38(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 596.86
GeForce All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
GeForce All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected.
Tesla All driver versions prior to 595.91.07

Affected Packages

euvd geforce_all_driver_versions_prior_to no fix
euvd rtx_quadro_nvs_all_driver_versions_prior_to no fix
euvd tesla_all_driver_versions_prior_to no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 3 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerable component is the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver kernel-mode layer that mediates between user-space clients and the GPU hardware - on Windows the display driver kernel module (nvlddmkm-style driver stack) and on Linux the corresponding NVIDIA kernel modules, with the vGPU Manager path adding a hypervisor-host instance reachable from guest VMs. The root cause class is CWE-129, Improper Validation of Array Index: an attacker-controlled index value is passed through a kernel-mode interface (typically an IOCTL or escape call) into an array access without proper bounds checking, producing an out-of-bounds read/write in kernel memory. Because this occurs at the highest privilege level, the primitive is directly usable for pool corruption leading to kernel code execution, privilege escalation, information leaks and system crash (DoS), which matches the CVSS impact triad of high confidentiality, integrity and availability. CPE data confirms the affected product families as NVIDIA GeForce, NVIDIA RTX/Quadro/NVS, and NVIDIA Tesla, plus the Virtual GPU Manager; the version components in all supplied CPE strings are wildcarded, so exact affected driver branch and build ranges are not determinable from the CPE data alone and must be taken from the vendor bulletin.

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Severity by source

Vendor (nvidia) PRIMARY 7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.8 HIGH

Local kernel-mode driver reached by an unprivileged process (AV:L, PR:L), no interaction or added complexity, OOB access enabling kernel EoP gives full C/I/A within the unchanged OS scope.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE HIGH
Red Hat 7.8 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (nvidia).

CVSS VectorVendor: nvidia

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

DescriptionCVE.org

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could cause an out-of-bounds array access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A high-severity vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux lets any low-privileged local user escalate to kernel-level code execution, information disclosure, or data tampering on hosts running GeForce, RTX/Quadro, NVS, or Tesla drivers, including vGPU hosts reachable from a guest VM. Because the flaw sits in the kernel mode layer, a successful attack can defeat endpoint security controls and undermine the trust boundary that protects the entire host. No vendor patch is currently available, so every engineering workstation, VDI environment, and GPU-enabled server in the estate remains exposed and leadership should treat remediation planning as time-sensitive.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: enforce strict least privilege and application allowlisting so unprivileged users cannot easily execute local code on affected hosts; restrict interactive and multi-user access (VDI, RDS, Citrix, HPC) on systems with NVIDIA GPU drivers; disable or tightly gate GPU passthrough/vGPU assignment from untrusted guest VMs; segment GPU-enabled hosts from general-purpose user populations; deploy EDR with kernel-mode driver telemetry and alert on driver crashes or anomalous kernel activity; monitor NVIDIA advisories daily for an interim driver or patch and deploy it within 24-48 hours of release.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
High
NVIDIA GPU drivers deployed across vast consumer, workstation, and datacenter/vGPU fleets
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor GitHub

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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +39
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 Affected

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