Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
CVE-2026-47518

6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Nvidia
Status
Geforce
Rtx, Quadro, Nvs
Tesla
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 September 2026

What is CVE-2026-47518?

The NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for both Windows and Linux has a vulnerability involving a secure microcontroller component. The issue arises from improper permission assignments for critical resources, which allows attackers with local privileged access to manipulate protected memory. If successfully exploited, this can enable the execution of arbitrary code and the escalation of user privileges, posing significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

GeForce Linux(R580) All driver versions prior to 580.178.04

GeForce Linux(R595) All driver versions prior to 595.91.07

GeForce Linux(R610) All driver versions prior to 610.57.04

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47518
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47518
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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