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title: "CVE-2026-47497: NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager - Remote Code Execution & Privilege Escalation"
description: "NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the GPU System Processor tracing component caused by improper access via crafted data through a shared buffer, letting guest VM users execute code, escalate privileges, tamper data, cause denial of service, and disclose information, exploit requires guest VM user access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-47497/
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# CVE-2026-47497 NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager - Remote Code Execution & Privilege Escalation

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the GPU System Processor tracing component caused by improper access via crafted data through a shared buffer, letting guest VM users execute code, escalate privileges, tamper data, cause denial of service, and disclose information, exploit requires guest VM user access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.10% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47497)

## Details

Type

Remote Code Execution

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation, Data Tampering, Denial Of Service, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

30 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-367](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47497](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47497)
- [https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861](https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861)
- [https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47497](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47497)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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