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title: "CVE-2026-47570: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Code Execution & Privilege Escalation"
description: "NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a library loading vulnerability in the CUDA driver, letting attackers execute code, escalate privileges, disclose information, tamper data, and cause denial of service, exploit requires local access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-47570/
---

# CVE-2026-47570 NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Code Execution & Privilege Escalation

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a library loading vulnerability in the CUDA driver, letting attackers execute code, escalate privileges, disclose information, tamper data, and cause denial of service, exploit requires local access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.14% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47570)

## Details

Type

Code Execution

Impact

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

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-427](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html)

## Vendor fix

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

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-2026-47570](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47570)
- [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-2026-47570](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47570)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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