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title: "CVE-2026-47596: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux - Privilege Escalation"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-47596/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47596)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/281.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47596](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47596)
- [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-2026-47596](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47596)

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