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title: "CVE-2026-47559: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Broken Access Control"
description: "NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a broken access control vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, letting local users access memory of other processes, potentially leading to code execution, privilege escalation, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure, exploit requires local user access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-47559/
---

# CVE-2026-47559 NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Broken Access Control

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a broken access control vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, letting local users access memory of other processes, potentially leading to code execution, privilege escalation, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure, exploit requires local user access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.12% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47559)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

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-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest NVIDIA GPU Display Driver 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-2026-47559](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47559)
- [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-2026-47559](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47559)

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