CVE-2026-47496

high

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin) where a guest VM user may cause an out-of-bounds write by sending a specially crafted RPC call to the host. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges, data tampering, and denial of service.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47496

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47496

https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-90071

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-30

Updated: 2026-10-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00171