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title: "CVE-2026-65164: NVIDIA AIStore - Path Traversal"
description: "NVIDIA AIStore for Linux contains a path traversal caused by improper limitation of pathname in dSort archive extraction, letting remote attackers create or overwrite files, execute code, disclose information, tamper data, and cause denial of service, exploit requires crafted archive member names."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-65164/
---

# CVE-2026-65164 NVIDIA AIStore - Path Traversal

NVIDIA AIStore for Linux contains a path traversal caused by improper limitation of pathname in dSort archive extraction, letting remote attackers create or overwrite files, execute code, disclose information, tamper data, and cause denial of service, exploit requires crafted archive member names.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.81% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65164)

## Details

Type

Path Traversal

Impact

File System Write, Remote Code Execution, Information Disclosure, Data Tampering, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

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

Published

13 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of NVIDIA AIStore 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-2026-65164](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65164)
- [https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5889](https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5889)
- [https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65164](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65164)

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

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