CVE-2026-47596 NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux - Privilege Escalation

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by improper preservation of memory permissions in the kernel mode layer, letting unprivileged users write to read-only memory and escalate privileges.

CVSS base score 7.0 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.14% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
30 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-281

Vendor fix

Update to the latest 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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