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NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2026-47603

| EUVDEUVD-2026-90180 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-09-30 nvidia GHSA-m7xq-24cj-h94h
5.5
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
    Obtain local low-privileged code execution
  2. Delivery
    Invoke kernel-mode GPU driver interface
  3. Exploit
    Bypass missing authorization check
  4. Execution
    Read another process's GPU channel state
  5. Impact
    Exfiltrate disclosed data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires the attacker to already have local, low-privileged code execution on a system running the affected NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (kernel-mode component) for Windows or Linux; exploitation targets another process's GPU channel state. No user interaction and no elevated privileges are needed beyond the initial low-privilege foothold. Practical impact is materially limited to multi-user or multi-tenant deployments (VDI, cloud-GPU, shared workstations) where another process's GPU data is valuable; on single-user machines cross-process disclosure has little consequence. Impact is confined to information disclosure - no integrity or availability effect.

Impact

This is a genuine but modest-severity local information-disclosure issue, not a high-priority emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, 5.5 Medium) is internally consistent with the description: exploitation requires local access and existing low-privilege code execution, and the only impact is confidentiality (C:H) - there is no integrity or availability impact (I:N/A:N), so no code execution or privilege escalation is claimed. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data, so there is no evidence of active or automatable exploitation. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag overstates the issue - this is an authorization (CWE-862) gap allowing one local process to read another process's GPU channel state, not an authentication bypass. Real priority is elevated only in multi-tenant contexts (VDI, cloud-GPU, shared workstations) where cross-process/cross-tenant memory confidentiality matters; on single-user endpoints the practical risk is low.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A local attacker who already has the ability to run low-privileged code on a shared GPU host (e.g., a VDI session, a cloud-GPU tenant, or a multi-user workstation) invokes the vulnerable kernel-mode driver interface to read the GPU channel state belonging to another user's process, harvesting sensitive rendered or computed data. No user interaction is required, but prior local code-execution access is a precondition. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026

Local information disclosure in NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux allows an authenticated local user with low privileges to access another process's GPU channel state because the kernel-mode driver omits authorization checks. Affected platforms include NVIDIA GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla GPUs; the issue is rated CVSS 5.5 with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis, and the practical risk is greatest in multi-user or multi-tenant GPU environments such as VDI and cloud-GPU deployments.

RemediationAI

Apply the NVIDIA security update referenced in the vendor advisory at https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861; patch availability is indicated per vendor advisory, but the provided input does not specify an exact fixed driver version, so validate against NVIDIA's published fixed release for your product family. If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by restricting local interactive access to systems with affected GPUs, especially shared workstations, VDI hosts, and cloud-GPU instances, and by separating GPU-using tenants or workloads so one local process cannot observe another's GPU context; these controls lower the likelihood of useful cross-process disclosure but do not remove the underlying missing-authorization flaw and may constrain multi-tenant GPU usability. Continue monitoring NVD (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47603) and CVE.org (https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47603) for updated remediation details.

Affected VersionsENISA

GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Guest driver 582.53(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
Guest driver 596.36(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
GeForce All driver versions prior to 616.56
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
Tesla All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
GeForce All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected.
Guest driver 595.71.05(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 610.88
Tesla All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
GeForce All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
Virtual GPU Manager 596.38(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
GeForce All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 616.92
GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.88
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
Tesla All driver versions prior to 596.86
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Tesla All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
Virtual GPU Manager 582.51(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
GeForce All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.88
Tesla All driver versions prior to 616.92
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 582.78
Virtual GPU Manager 595.71.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 596.86
Guest driver 580.159.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
Virtual GPU Manager 580.159.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.57.04

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

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability resides in NVIDIA's kernel-mode GPU display driver, where missing authorization checks (CWE-862) permit a local process to read GPU channel state belonging to another process. GPU channel state can include command buffers, memory mappings, or execution context metadata associated with a separate application or virtual machine; cross-process disclosure is therefore an information leak, not a code-execution or denial-of-service primitive. The CPE data lists NVIDIA GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla product families, with tags also referencing Guest Driver and Virtual GPU Manager components, indicating affected deployments span Windows and Linux hosts, including virtualized GPU setups. The assessed CVSS vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N confirms the attacker needs an existing local low-privileged foothold, with no user interaction and high confidentiality-only impact.

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Severity by source

Vendor (nvidia) PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

Local vector requiring existing low-privilege execution (AV:L/PR:L), no user interaction, and confidentiality-only impact from reading another process's GPU state (C:H, I:N, A:N).

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE HIGH
Red Hat 5.5 MEDIUM

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
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode driver where a local user may access another process's GPU channel state due to missing authorization checks. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
High
NVIDIA GPU drivers ship on vast numbers of Windows/Linux GeForce, RTX/Quadro, and Tesla systems
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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
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

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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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