NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a time-of-check time-of-use issue. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a time-of-check
    time-of-use issue. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation
    of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution. (CVE-2026-24191)

A display driver installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A vulnerability exists in the kernel mode layer, where an attacker could leverage improper access to GPU   resources, potentially leading to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information   disclosure, or data tampering. (CVE-2026-24190)

  - A vulnerability exists where an attacker could cause a time-of-check time-of-use issue, potentially leading   to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.   (CVE-2026-24191)

  - A vulnerability exists where an attacker could cause an out-of-bounds write, potentially leading to denial   of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.   (CVE-2026-24193)

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the driver's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
472035	Google: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-open580, x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers535: security update to 18867.381.132	Tenable Cloud Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	high
472035	Google: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-open580, x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers535: security update to 18867.381.132	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	high
468306	Google: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-open535, x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-open580, x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers535: security update to 19216.395.31	Tenable Cloud Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	high
468306	Google: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-open535, x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-open580, x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers535: security update to 19216.395.31	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	high
465832	Google: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-open535, x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers535: security update to 18613.613.15	Tenable Cloud Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	high
465832	Google: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-open535, x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers535: security update to 18613.613.15	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	high
316513	NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (May 2026)	Nessus	Windows	Local	medium

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