Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessAuthenticate as local low-privileged user
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DeliveryIssue crafted driver command/ioctl to kernel-mode layer
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ExploitTrigger out-of-bounds read
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ExecutionLeak kernel memory or crash driver
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ImpactEscalate privileges or deny service
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires local code execution as an already-authenticated, unprivileged user on a host running the affected NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, or Tesla) on Windows or Linux, including Guest Driver and vGPU Manager deployments. The attacker must be able to interact directly with the kernel-mode driver interface (device/ioctl) to send the crafted command that triggers the out-of-bounds read - there is no network vector and no user-interaction requirement. Limiting factors: exploitation is impossible remotely (AV:L), needs a foothold account (PR:L), and highest-value impact arises in multi-user/shared-GPU contexts (VDI, cloud GPU, virtualization via Guest Driver/vGPU Manager); single-user workstations face mainly local DoS/info-leak risk. Patched driver branches are available in NVIDIA security bulletin 5861. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but locally-scoped privilege/stability risk rather than a remotely-wormable emergency. The vendor CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H = 7.8 HIGH) is internally consistent with the description: exploitation requires local access (AV:L) and an existing low-privileged account (PR:L), which sharply limits the attacker population compared to a network-facing flaw. No EPSS score, CISA KEV entry, or public POC was provided, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' - there is no evidence of active exploitation or automation. A notable tension exists between the root cause and the claimed impact: CWE-125 is an out-of-bounds READ, which most naturally yields information disclosure and denial of service, yet NVIDIA lists the full impact set including code execution, privilege escalation and data tampering (justifying C:H/I:H/A:H). This breadth is typical of NVIDIA's conservative kernel-driver advisories and should be treated as a vendor-asserted worst case, not independently confirmed exploit primitives. The 'RCE' tag overstates reachability because the CVSS vector is AV:L (local), not network. Net: real priority for multi-tenant, VDI and cloud-GPU environments where untrusted users share a GPU host, but a lower priority on single-user workstations. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged local user on a shared workstation, VDI session, or cloud-GPU instance issues crafted ioctl/driver commands to the NVIDIA kernel-mode layer, triggering an out-of-bounds read. In the benign case this leaks adjacent kernel memory (info disclosure) or crashes the driver (DoS); the vendor further warns the condition may be leveraged toward code execution and privilege escalation in the kernel. No public exploit code is known at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026
An out-of-bounds read in the kernel-mode layer of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Windows and Linux allows a local, authenticated unprivileged user to potentially achieve code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering. Affected products include GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla GPUs, as well as Guest Driver and vGPU Manager deployments. With a CVSS score of 7.8, the vulnerability requires local access and low privileges (CVSS vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N), making it primarily a risk in multi-user or shared-GPU environments; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and patched driver branches are available in NVIDIA security bulletin 5861.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory: apply the patched driver branch from NVIDIA security bulletin 5861 (https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861). No exact fix version is provided in the input data, so consult the bulletin for the appropriate driver version for your GPU product line and operating system. Until patching is possible, restrict local access to the GPU device interface to trusted users, as exploitation requires an authenticated unprivileged local user. In multi-user or virtualized environments (e.g., VDI, cloud GPU, vGPU Manager/Guest Driver), consider isolating GPU workloads or limiting interactive logon to reduce risk, though these compensating controls may impact legitimate workflows. Monitor for local privilege escalation attempts and unusual GPU driver interactions.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability resides in the kernel-mode layer of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, which processes commands from user space via device/ioctl interfaces. An out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) occurs when the driver fails to properly validate a user-supplied parameter, such as an offset or length, leading to reading beyond the allocated buffer. This can result in memory disclosure, use of out-of-bounds data for code execution, or system instability. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates that the attacker must have local access and low privileges, with no user interaction, and that the impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability is high. The affected CPEs cover NVIDIA GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla product lines, and the tags also include Guest Driver and Virtual GPU Manager, indicating that virtualized and multi-tenant environments are in scope.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Local kernel-driver access by an authenticated unprivileged user (AV:L/PR:L), no user interaction; vendor asserts full kernel-mode code-execution impact so C/I/A:H with S:U.
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 an unprivileged user 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 high-severity flaw in the kernel-mode component of NVIDIA's GPU display driver affects GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS and Tesla hardware as well as Guest Driver and vGPU Manager deployments, allowing an authenticated local user with low privileges to potentially escalate to kernel-level code execution, cause a denial of service, or access and tamper with data. The organizations most exposed are those that share GPU capacity across multiple users or tenants - virtual desktop estates, AI/ML training clusters, and cloud GPU services - where one low-privileged account could compromise the underlying host. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and no vendor-released patch has been identified, so leadership attention should go to constraining local and multi-tenant access while tracking NVIDIA security bulletin 5861.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; interim mitigations include restricting local logon on GPU-bearing Windows and Linux hosts to trusted administrators, minimizing or eliminating unprivileged multi-tenant GPU and vGPU sharing, enforcing least privilege and application allowlisting on GPU hosts, tightening guest-to-host isolation in vGPU deployments, and increasing monitoring and endpoint detection for anomalous kernel-level or driver activity until the corrected driver branch referenced in NVIDIA security bulletin 5861 is applied.
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Attack Technique
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Same weakness CWE-125 – Out-of-bounds Read
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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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