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title: "CVE-2026-47550: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Code Execution & Privilege Escalation"
description: "NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer caused by dereferencing untrusted pointers without validation, letting unprivileged local users execute code, cause DoS, escalate privileges, disclose information, and tamper data, exploit requires local unprivileged user access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-47550/
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# CVE-2026-47550 NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Code Execution & Privilege Escalation

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer caused by dereferencing untrusted pointers without validation, letting unprivileged local users execute code, cause DoS, escalate privileges, disclose information, and tamper data, exploit requires local unprivileged user access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.13% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47550)

## Details

Type

Code Execution

Impact

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

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-119](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows version.

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-2026-47550](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47550)
- [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-2026-47550](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47550)

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