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NVIDIA GPU Driver CVE-2026-47554

| EUVDEUVD-2026-90143 HIGH
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CWE-347)
2026-09-30 nvidia GHSA-6grr-p3h4-4rpg
7.1
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
    Authenticate as local low-priv user
  2. Delivery
    Induce system memory pressure
  3. Exploit
    Submit tampered signed content to kernel driver
  4. Execution
    Signature verification bypassed
  5. Impact
    Driver accepts tampered data or crashes

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V11 - Cryptography Signature verification
Exploitation Conditions

Requires local access as an authenticated low-privileged user (PR:L) to a Linux host running the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, or Tesla). The critical limiting prerequisite is that the signature-verification bypass only manifests 'under memory pressure' - the attacker must reliably induce a low-memory condition in the kernel at the moment verification occurs, a non-deterministic race-like state that makes exploitation opportunistic rather than dependable. There is no remote attack surface (AV:L) and no confidentiality impact; realistic risk is highest on shared/multi-tenant or VDI/cloud-GPU Linux hosts where untrusted low-priv users coexist.

Impact

This is a genuine but bounded-priority local vulnerability. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H, 7.1 HIGH) confirms a locally-exploitable flaw requiring an already-authenticated low-privileged user (PR:L) on a Linux host running the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, with no network reachability - so it cannot be triggered remotely and is not internet-exposed. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or POC is present in the provided data, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code; exploitation likelihood should be treated as low/targeted rather than widespread. A notable nuance: the description conditions the signature-verification bypass on 'memory pressure,' which is a non-deterministic trigger state the attacker must induce, making reliable exploitation harder than the vendor's AC:L rating implies - I would argue AC:H is more defensible (lowering my recomputed score to ~6.7). Impact is correctly integrity+availability only (C:N): a bypassed cryptographic signature check permits loading/accepting tampered content (I:H) and can crash the driver (A:H), but does not by itself disclose data. No vendor/NVD conflict on vendor, product, or platform; the only metadata problem is a mislabeled 'Jwt Attack' tag.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A low-privileged local user on a Linux workstation or shared GPU/VDI host deliberately drives the system into a low-memory condition, then submits data (e.g., firmware/microcode or other signed content) to the NVIDIA kernel-mode layer at the moment signature verification fails open. The driver accepts the unsigned/tampered payload (data tampering) or faults under the induced pressure (denial of service). No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the memory-pressure dependency makes the timing non-trivial.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026

Authenticated low-privileged local users can bypass cryptographic signature verification in the kernel-mode layer of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux when the system is under memory pressure, leading to data tampering and denial of service. The flaw affects GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla driver branches on Linux; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. Our assessment rates this as a genuine but bounded-priority local issue because the attacker must reliably induce a low-memory kernel state at the moment of verification, making exploitation opportunistic rather than dependable.

RemediationAI

NVIDIA has published a product security advisory (https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861) that provides the vendor-released fixed driver versions for the affected GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla Linux branches; because the input data does not enumerate the precise patched version numbers, administrators should obtain the exact fix from that advisory (also referenced via https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47554) and upgrade to the latest driver release for their GPU family. Patch available per vendor advisory. Until the driver is updated, the practical compensating control is to avoid running untrusted low-privileged local users on hosts with these GPUs-especially shared, multi-tenant, VDI, or cloud-GPU systems where an attacker could both trigger memory pressure and invoke the vulnerable kernel-mode path; restricting local interactive access, removing unnecessary local accounts, and isolating GPU workloads via cgroups or separate VMs reduces exposure but does not fully eliminate the risk and can impact legitimate multi-user GPU sharing. Driver-side mitigations that deliberately induce or avoid memory-pressure states are not recommended as they are non-deterministic and may degrade system stability or GPU performance. Because there is no remote vector (AV:L), network-focused defenses such as firewalls or IDS will not affect exploitability; monitoring should focus on local crash or tamper indicators on GPU-enabled Linux hosts.

Affected VersionsENISA

GeForce All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
GeForce All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
Tesla All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
Tesla All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
Tesla All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
GeForce All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 580.178.04

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)

Affects your stack

Affects 3 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CVE-2026-47554 is a CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature) defect residing in the kernel-mode layer of NVIDIA's Linux GPU display driver stack. The driver performs cryptographic signature verification on data structures that, if not properly validated, can be manipulated so that verification is skipped or incorrectly succeeds-specifically when the kernel is under memory pressure, which can alter allocation or failure paths in a way that bypasses the check. Because the weakness is in the kernel mode layer, any bypass can affect integrity-protected operations and lead to data tampering and denial of service with high integrity and availability impact (CVSS 7.1, revised to AC:H in our assessment due to the memory-pressure prerequisite), no confidentiality impact, and no remote attack surface (AV:L/PR:L/UI:N). CPE data enumerates NVIDIA GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS, and Tesla product families; the supplied tag 'Jwt Attack' appears to be a classification artifact rather than a JWT-specific mechanism, since the underlying issue is driver signature verification, not token handling.

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Severity by source

Vendor (nvidia) PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 6.3 MEDIUM

Local low-priv user (AV:L/PR:L); AC:H because the bypass depends on inducing non-deterministic memory pressure; C:N with I:H/A:H matching data tampering plus DoS.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE HIGH
Red Hat 7.1 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (nvidia).

CVSS VectorVendor: nvidia

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

DescriptionCVE.org

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where improper verification of cryptographic signatures may cause signature verification to be bypassed under memory pressure. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service and data tampering.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

NVIDIA's Linux GPU Display Driver contains a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-47554) that could allow local users to compromise data integrity and cause denial of service on systems under memory pressure. This affects organizations using GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla drivers on Linux workstations and servers. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires specific conditions, but leadership should ensure mitigation because successful attacks could disrupt critical GPU-accelerated workloads and undermine trust in system integrity.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include restricting local user access to systems with affected NVIDIA drivers, ensuring adequate memory resources to prevent memory pressure conditions, using memory cgroups to limit low-memory states, and disabling or unloading the NVIDIA kernel module if GPU functionality is not essential.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 98% exploitable
Prevalence
High
NVIDIA GPU driver spanning GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, Tesla - very widely deployed on Linux
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 0.1%
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
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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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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