CVE-2026-47591 NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux - Privilege Escalation

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a privilege escalation caused by incorrect authorization in the kernel mode layer, letting unprivileged users bypass read-only memory protection and write to protected memory, exploit requires unprivileged 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
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
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-863

Vendor fix

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

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

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