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  1. Access
    Obtain local low-priv account on GPU host
  2. Delivery
    Run crafted program calling vulnerable kernel-mode driver
  3. Exploit
    Access another process's GPU-mapped memory
  4. Execution
    Corrupt memory / execute code in kernel context
  5. Impact
    Escalate privileges and exfiltrate victim 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 a local, authenticated low-privileged account on a system running an affected NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, or Tesla) on Windows or Linux - per CVSS AV:L there is no remote or network exploitation path. Impact is maximized on multi-user or multi-tenant GPU deployments (shared workstations, VDI, containerized/cloud GPU nodes) where breaking cross-process GPU-memory isolation crosses a real trust boundary. Limiting factors: local access prerequisite, PR:L (some authenticated foothold needed), and availability of the vendor driver update which closes the flaw once applied.

Impact

This is a genuine local privilege-escalation priority rather than a hollow high-CVSS number. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H = 7.8) is internally consistent with the description: a kernel-mode flaw in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver lets an already-authenticated local low-privileged user read memory belonging to another user's process, with full high impact across confidentiality, integrity and availability. No EPSS score, SSVC decision, KEV listing, or POC was supplied in the input, so exploitation probability and automatability cannot be quantified from the data. The local-only attack vector (AV:L) is the dominant risk-limiting factor - there is no remote or network reachability, so this is an escalation/lateral-movement primitive for an attacker who already has code running on the host, not a mass-exploitable perimeter bug. The impact is disproportionately serious on shared-GPU environments (multi-user workstations, VDI, containerized/cloud GPU nodes, ML training hosts) where cross-process/cross-tenant memory isolation is the security boundary being broken. Note CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) here describes a memory-isolation/authorization gap in the kernel driver, not a classic auth-bypass of a login mechanism, so the 'Authentication Bypass' tag overstates the class.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A low-privileged local user on a shared GPU host (e.g. a VDI seat, ML training box, or multi-tenant cloud GPU node) runs a crafted program that issues calls into the vulnerable NVIDIA kernel-mode driver to read or corrupt GPU-mapped memory owned by another user's process. By harvesting secrets from or tampering with the victim process they achieve information disclosure and, via memory corruption in kernel context, potential code execution and privilege escalation. No public exploit code is identified in the provided data, and exploitation requires prior local access to the machine.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026

Local privilege escalation in NVIDIA's GPU Display Driver (GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla, on both Windows and Linux) allows an authenticated low-privileged local user to reach GPU memory belonging to another process, enabling code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure. Per the assessed vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) there is no remote or network path; the flaw is most consequential on shared, multi-user, VDI, or multi-tenant GPU hosts where cross-process GPU memory isolation is the boundary between users and tenants. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis, and the provided vendor reference points to NVIDIA's product security advisory (2026/5861) rather than a fixed driver version named in this data set.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor driver update published by NVIDIA for the affected GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla branches; the advisory at https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 should be consulted for the exact fixed driver version, because no specific patch version is stated in the provided data and none should be assumed. Until the fixed driver is deployed, prioritize compensating controls that account for the local, authenticated prerequisite (AV:L/PR:L): reduce the number of low-privileged local accounts able to log on to GPU-owning hosts and restrict interactive/RDP/SSH access to those systems, accepting that this limits shared-workstation usability; on multi-tenant or cloud GPU nodes, isolate tenants with hardware partitioning or dedicated GPU instances (for example MIG or vGPU-style separation, or one GPU per trust domain), understanding that this reduces GPU utilization and consolidation density; and where feasible, run GPU workloads inside isolated VMs or sandboxes so that a compromised tenant cannot reach the host driver instance - noting this adds virtualization overhead and management complexity. Because the impact is a cross-process trust-boundary break rather than a remote attack, monitoring should focus on unusual driver handle access, unexpected cross-process GPU memory activity, and privilege-escalation behavior from ordinary user accounts on shared GPU hosts, since blocking the driver or the device entirely is not a viable control for GPU-dependent workloads. After patching, verify the installed driver version reports as fixed and re-check any host previously exposed to untrusted local users.

Affected VersionsENISA

RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 582.78
Guest driver 595.71.05(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
GeForce All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.60
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 596.86
Tesla All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
Tesla All driver versions prior to 616.92
Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.88
GeForce All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Tesla All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Guest driver 596.36(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
GeForce All driver versions prior to 610.57.04
Guest driver 582.53(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
Tesla All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
GeForce All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected.
Tesla All driver versions prior to 596.86
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 580.178.04
GeForce All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
Guest driver 580.159.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
GeForce All driver versions prior to 616.56
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 615.71.09
Tesla All driver versions prior to 595.91.07
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 610.88
RTX, Quadro, NVS All driver versions prior to 616.92

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

The issue resides in the kernel-mode layer of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver and is classified as CWE-862 Missing Authorization, meaning the root cause is an absent or inadequate access-control check rather than a classic memory-corruption primitive (such as an out-of-bounds write or use-after-free): a process is not properly authorized/restricted to its own GPU memory, so it can reach allocations owned by another user's process. The CPE data covers three product families - nvidia:geforce, nvidia:rtx_quadro_nvs, and nvidia:tesla - each expressed with wildcard versions, so the source material does not enumerate which specific driver branches are vulnerable; the advisory tags (Microsoft, Linux, Guest Driver) confirm both Windows and Linux driver stacks are in scope. With AV:L, PR:L, and UI:N under an unchanged scope (S:U), exploitation requires an existing low-privileged local account and provides no remote foothold, but it does cross a real user/process trust boundary on platforms where multiple users or tenants share a GPU, such as multi-session workstations, VDI deployments, and containerized or cloud GPU nodes where breaking GPU memory isolation is the security-relevant step.

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Severity by source

Vendor (nvidia) PRIMARY 7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.8 HIGH

Local kernel-driver flaw needs an authenticated low-priv foothold (AV:L/PR:L), no interaction, and yields full confidentiality/integrity/availability impact via cross-process memory access and potential code execution.

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
SUSE HIGH
Red Hat 7.8 HIGH

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

DescriptionCVE.org

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could access memory belonging to another user's process. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

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Why It Matters

NVIDIA's GPU Display Driver family-covering GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla on Windows and Linux-contains a high-severity local privilege escalation flaw. On shared, VDI, or multi-tenant GPU hosts, an authenticated local user could cross tenant or process boundaries and compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Leadership should prioritize shared GPU estates because no vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis and the business risk is concentrated where GPU resources are pooled across users or customers. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; restrict local interactive access and enforce least privilege, isolate or segment shared/VDI/multi-tenant GPU hosts, limit concurrent untrusted users on the same GPU host, enable enhanced GPU/driver logging and monitoring, and follow NVIDIA advisory 2026/5861 for any vendor-provided mitigations.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
High
NVIDIA GeForce/RTX/Quadro/Tesla drivers ship on a very large share of GPU 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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +39
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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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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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