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NVIDIA Megatron Bridge CVE-2026-61757

| EUVDEUVD-2026-69304 HIGH
Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
2026-09-01 psirt@nvidia.com GHSA-hqqv-w5gg-rxj6
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: nvidia
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Vendor (nvidia) PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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7.8 HIGH

Local access with low privileges required to reach the deserialization endpoint; full triad impact consistent with successful gadget-chain RCE.

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

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

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2
Analysis Generated
Sep 01, 2026 - 16:35 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 01, 2026 - 16:17 cve.org
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

NVIDIA Megatron Bridge contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a deserialization of untrusted data. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, data tampering, and information disclosure.

AnalysisAI

Deserialization of untrusted data in NVIDIA Megatron Bridge exposes AI training infrastructure to code execution, data tampering, and information disclosure by local low-privileged attackers. The vulnerability (CWE-502) resides in a bridge component of the Megatron-LM distributed training framework, used extensively in large-scale LLM training clusters. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires a local account on the target system with at minimum low-level operating system privileges (PR:L per CVSS vector), meaning the attacker must either already have a shell or code execution on the host, or hold a legitimate but restricted user account. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 7.8 score reflects a locally exploitable, low-complexity flaw with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact - a serious profile once an attacker establishes a local foothold. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation The primary remediation is to apply any patch or updated release issued by NVIDIA per their product security advisory at https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5868. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, conduct an immediate inventory of all systems running NVIDIA Megatron-LM and identify which teams or projects depend on Megatron Bridge components to establish scope of exposure. …

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