Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain local low-privilege code execution
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DeliveryInvoke crafted call to NVIDIA kernel-mode driver
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ExploitTrigger kernel stack over-read/exposure
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ExecutionHarvest return addresses and pointers
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ImpactDefeat KASLR and chain to privilege escalation
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery 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 possess local, authenticated low-privilege code execution on a system running the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (kernel-mode layer) - the vector is AV:L/PR:L, so there is no remote or unauthenticated path and no user interaction is needed. Exploitation is against default driver installations (no special feature flag or non-default configuration is named in the description), affecting GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla product lines on both Windows and Linux. The limiting factor is the local-access prerequisite: the attacker needs a foothold (interactive login, sandboxed process, or existing malware) before the kernel stack exposure can be triggered. |
| Impact | 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 locally-exploitable flaw requiring existing low-privilege code execution on the host - not a remote or network-facing issue, which meaningfully caps real-world urgency. There is a notable internal tension: the CWE is CWE-200 (Information Exposure) and the description's concrete primitive is a leak of kernel stack contents (return addresses and pointers), yet NVIDIA scores full C:H/I:H/A:H by aggregating the speculative worst-case chain ('might lead to code execution, DoS, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering'). This is NVIDIA's customary conservative worst-case scoring; the directly demonstrated impact is high-value information disclosure (KASLR/stack-canary bypass material) rather than confirmed I:H/A:H. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public POC was provided in the input, so exploitation signals are absent. SSVC framing: exploitation status is 'none' observed, and while the driver footprint is large, the local-access precondition makes this a patch-in-normal-cycle item rather than an emergency - its main danger is as a reliable primitive within a larger local privilege-escalation chain, not as a standalone break. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker who already has the ability to run unprivileged code (a logged-in user, a sandboxed process, or malware) issues a crafted ioctl/system call to the NVIDIA kernel-mode driver that returns uninitialized or over-read kernel stack memory. The leaked return addresses and pointers let the attacker defeat KASLR and stack protections, which they then chain into a separate memory-corruption bug to escalate to kernel privileges. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026
Local kernel stack memory disclosure in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux allows an attacker who already has low-privilege authenticated code execution on the host to read kernel stack contents such as return addresses and pointers. Affected installations include GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla driver configurations, and the independent assessment rates the flaw as AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, meaning high confidentiality impact without confirmed integrity or availability impact. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, and no CISA KEV active exploitation is reported.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory; no exact fixed driver version is included in the supplied data. Review the NVIDIA product-security advisory at https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 and apply the updated NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for the affected GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, or Tesla product line on Windows and Linux. If immediate patching is not possible, reduce the local attack surface the flaw requires: enforce least privilege and application allowlisting to prevent untrusted local code execution, sandbox or restrict processes that can open GPU driver device interfaces, and limit access to GPU device nodes (/dev/nvidia*) to trusted users or groups-recognizing that this breaks GPU/CUDA access for restricted accounts. On systems that do not require the GPU driver, consider disabling or removing it, with the trade-off of losing display, compute, and acceleration functionality. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so priority should follow normal local privilege and information-disclosure risk rather than emergency remote exploitation response.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver kernel-mode layer, where user-triggered interaction with the driver can reveal kernel stack memory, including return addresses and pointers. The affected CPE entries identify NVIDIA GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla product lines across Windows and Linux, but the CPE strings are wildcarded and do not supply version ranges. The supplied CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (7.8), while the independent assessment re-scores it as AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N; that difference reflects a local, authenticated, low-complexity information-disclosure bug whose leaked kernel addresses could assist follow-on exploitation, not confirmed code execution or denial of service. Exploitation requires default driver installations and an existing local foothold; no remote or unauthenticated path is described.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Local low-priv call to the kernel driver with no interaction; the demonstrated CWE-200 primitive is high-value kernel memory disclosure only, so I:N/A:N rather than NVIDIA's speculative worst-case chain.
Primary rating from Vendor (nvidia).
CVSS VectorVendor: nvidia
DescriptionCVE.org
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could cause exposure of kernel stack contents including return addresses and pointers. 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
NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers on Windows and Linux are affected by a high-severity local information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2026-47514) that could allow an authenticated low-privilege attacker to read sensitive kernel memory. This impacts common enterprise deployments including GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla driver configurations used in workstations, servers, and AI/ML environments. With no vendor patch currently available, leadership should prioritize mitigating the risk of kernel memory leakage that could facilitate further system compromise.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include enforcing least privilege, application whitelisting, restricting interactive logon, enabling kernel hardening (e.g., ASLR), and monitoring for suspicious local privilege escalation activity.
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Attack Technique
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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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