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title: "CVE-2026-65121: NVIDIA Infrastructure Controller for Linux - Authentication Bypass"
description: "NVIDIA Infrastructure Controller for Linux contains an improper authentication vulnerability, letting attackers escalate privileges, disclose information, and tamper data, exploit requires unspecified conditions."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-65121/
---

# CVE-2026-65121 NVIDIA Infrastructure Controller for Linux - Authentication Bypass

NVIDIA Infrastructure Controller for Linux contains an improper authentication vulnerability, letting attackers escalate privileges, disclose information, and tamper data, exploit requires unspecified conditions.

CVSS base score 8.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.42% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65121)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Information Disclosure, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Published

22 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest 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-2026-65121](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65121)
- [https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5879](https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5879)
- [https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65121](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65121)

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## What this record can't tell you

- 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
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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