Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-priv local/guest access on vGPU host
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DeliveryCraft malformed request to kernel-mode vGPU layer
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ExploitTrigger out-of-bounds read (CWE-125)
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ExecutionLeak kernel/cross-tenant memory or crash service
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ImpactEscalate privileges or deny service
Vulnerability Assessment
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ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
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1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires authenticated local access (PR:L) to a Linux host running the NVIDIA vGPU Virtual GPU Manager - i.e., a low-privileged local user or a guest context on the hypervisor - able to reach the kernel-mode vGPU layer to submit the malformed request that triggers the out-of-bounds read. No user interaction is needed (UI:N). Exploitation is LIMITED to systems actually deploying NVIDIA vGPU on Linux (VDI/cloud-GPU virtualization hosts); it is not remotely reachable (AV:L) and cannot be triggered by an unauthenticated network attacker. The most impactful scenario is a multi-tenant vGPU deployment where the OOB read crosses tenant isolation boundaries. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but not emergency-grade issue. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H = 7.8 HIGH) makes clear the attack is LOCAL and requires existing low privileges - not remote. The 'RCE' tag is therefore misleading: code execution here is local privilege-driven, not network-exploitable. No EPSS score, CISA KEV entry, or public POC is present in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The realistic threat is a low-privileged tenant/guest on a vGPU host (VDI or cloud-GPU multi-tenant environment) leveraging a kernel-mode out-of-bounds read to leak memory, crash the host, or escalate - a meaningful cross-tenant isolation concern in shared-GPU deployments, but requiring a foothold first. Priority is MEDIUM: high CVSS reflects the C:H/I:H/A:H kernel impact, but local-only access and absence of exploitation signals keep real-world urgency moderate. Note the description lists 'code execution ... escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering' as possible outcomes of what is fundamentally an OOB READ (CWE-125) - write/tamper/exec outcomes from a pure read primitive are plausible but uncertain; verify exploitability scope with NVIDIA bulletin 5861. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged user or guest VM on a Linux hypervisor running NVIDIA vGPU Manager issues crafted requests to the kernel-mode vGPU layer, triggering an out-of-bounds read. This leaks adjacent kernel memory (potentially another tenant's data) or crashes the host GPU stack (DoS), and under favorable conditions is chained toward privilege escalation. No public exploit code is identified; exploitation requires an existing local foothold on the vGPU host. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026
An out-of-bounds read in the kernel-mode layer of the NVIDIA vGPU Virtual GPU Manager for Linux lets a local attacker who can already reach the vGPU kernel interface trigger memory reads past the bounds of an allocated buffer, potentially yielding information disclosure, data tampering, privilege escalation, denial of service, or kernel code execution. The flaw is rated CVSS 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), meaning it is only reachable by an authenticated local principal - a low-privileged user or a guest context on the hypervisor - and not by an unauthenticated remote network attacker. Exposure is limited to hosts that actually deploy NVIDIA vGPU on Linux (VDI and cloud-GPU virtualization platforms), where the highest-impact scenario is a multi-tenant deployment in which the over-read crosses tenant isolation boundaries; no public exploit code or CISA KEV entry was identified at time of analysis, so this is a genuine but not emergency-grade issue warranting scheduled patching.
RemediationAI
The primary fix is to apply the NVIDIA vGPU software update covering CVE-2026-47519 as published in the NVIDIA product-security advisory (https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861); because the provided data does not specify an exact patched version string, upgrade the Virtual GPU Manager and the matching guest driver to the latest release for your supported vGPU branch rather than assuming a version number, and note that host and guest components must be kept on compatible branch versions to avoid breaking vGPU functionality after the update. Until patching is possible, compensating controls on Linux vGPU hosts include restricting local interactive and guest access so that only trusted, authenticated principals can reach the vGPU kernel interface (this directly addresses the PR:L prerequisite but reduces operational flexibility for legitimate users), avoiding untrusted multi-tenant workloads or isolating tenants on separate physical GPUs (costly in hardware and density), disabling or not enabling vGPU on hosts that do not genuinely require GPU virtualization, and monitoring kernel logs for crashes or GPU driver faults that could indicate an exploitation attempt. Patch availability status per vendor advisory: an advisory is published, but the exact corrected release is not independently confirmed from the provided data, and no public exploit code or active-exploitation signal (CISA KEV) was identified at time of analysis.
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The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in the NVIDIA vGPU Virtual GPU Manager kernel-mode layer, the privileged Linux driver component that mediates GPU resource allocation and command submission on behalf of guest virtual machines. Because CWE-125 describes reading memory beyond the end of an intended buffer, the practical primitive is disclosure of adjacent kernel memory contents, which an attacker can then leverage for further stages such as bypassing kernel address-space layout randomization, corrupting adjacent state interpreted as data (hence the integrity and data-tampering scoring), or inducing a fatal fault for denial of service. The supplied CPE data identifies two affected components: nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager (the host-side Virtual GPU Manager) and nvidia:guest_driver (the in-guest driver), indicating the vulnerability surface spans both the host vGPU manager and the guest driver pairing. The CVSS vector confirms local-only reachability (AV:L) with low complexity (AC:L) and a low-privileged actor (PR:L) requiring no user interaction (UI:N); the scope remains unchanged (S:U) while confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are all high. Given the shared-device, multi-tenant architecture of vGPU, an OOB read in this layer is most significant where separate VMs or users share the same physical GPU.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Local low-privileged access to the kernel-mode vGPU layer (AV:L/PR:L), no user interaction, high kernel-memory confidentiality/integrity/availability impact consistent with an exploitable OOB read.
Primary rating from Vendor (nvidia).
CVSS VectorVendor: nvidia
DescriptionCVE.org
NVIDIA vGPU Virtual GPU Manager for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an attacker could cause an out-of-bounds read. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
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Executive ViewAI
A memory-safety flaw in NVIDIA's vGPU Virtual GPU Manager for Linux (CVE-2026-47519) lets a low-privileged local user or guest VM read beyond allocated kernel buffers, potentially exposing data, enabling tampering, escalating privileges, or crashing the host kernel. The exposure is concentrated in multi-tenant VDI and cloud-GPU virtualization estates, where a successful over-read could cross tenant isolation boundaries - a material contractual, regulatory, and customer-trust risk for organizations hosting third-party workloads on shared GPU infrastructure. No public exploit code and no active exploitation have been identified, and no vendor patch is available, making this a scheduled-remediation priority rather than an emergency.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; interim mitigations include restricting local and guest access to the vGPU kernel interface to trusted, necessary principals, reducing or disabling vGPU exposure on hosts that do not require GPU virtualization, segregating tenants across dedicated hosts or GPU pools to limit cross-tenant reachability, increasing monitoring for kernel crashes and anomalous memory access patterns, and applying the vendor's updated Virtual GPU Manager release as soon as NVIDIA publishes it.
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A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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Severity: Important| Product | Status |
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| 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 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for NVIDIA 16.1 | Affected |
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